Learn more about the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere through these multidisciplinary hands-on activities focusing on art, observation, outdoor engineering, movement, and adventure. Resources can be used in formal and informal learning environments.
Objectives
* Learners will understand the astronomical phenomenon of solstice.
* Learners identify the differences in how solstice impacts their local, sub-arctic
Live event on 14 October 2019 with PolarTREC educator Katie Gavenus aboard the Russian R/V Federov as part of the MOSAiC Expedition. Katie spoke with and answered questions from students at Brevig Mission school in Alaska.
News outlets shared news of Armando Caussade's deployment to South Pole with the IceCube project. This article was reported in three outlets.
Profesor boricua realizará investigación en la Antártida
http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/profesorboricuarealizarainvestigacionenlaantartida-1056362/
http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/profesorpuertorriquenorealizarainvestigacionenlaantartida-1056362/
Un profesor boricua investigará en la Antártida
http://www.indicepr.com/noticias/2014/12/30/nova/34173/un-profesor-boricua-investigara-en-la-antartida/
Armando Caussade's expedition to South Pole received a media blitz just before deployment . This article (or shorter version of) appeared in twelve different news outlets in the United States and Mexico.
News wires
Un profesor puertorriqueño investigará en la Antártida sobre los neutrinos
http://www.efe.com/efe/noticias/usa/puerto-rico/profesor-puertorriqueno-investigara-antartida-sobre-los-neutrinos/5/50034/2501289
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US / Mexico
Un profesor puertorriqueño investigará en la Antártida sobre los neutrinos
http://www.wveatv.com/2014/12/30/un-profesor-puertorriqueno-investigara-en-la-antartida-sobre-los-neutrinos/
Antarctic educator, Mark Walsh, created this video for the PolarTREC 2013 spring online professional development course. This video uses the concept of Density to explore how mountains are built as well as how to throw a good Cinco de Mayo party at McMurdo Station Antarctica. He uses the Dr. Samantha Hansen's Transantarctic Mountains work as an example of mountain building.
Working at Terra Nova, Antarctica. This is the Italian Base where PolarTREC teacher Brian Dubay and his team continued their study of the Transantarctic Mountains.