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Arctic Ground Squirrel Activity Data-Based Question

Overview

In this activity, students will use IB-style data-based questions centered around graphs made from data collected about arctic ground squirrels by researchers at Toolik Field Station in northern Alaska. Activity levels of ground squirrels are analyzed in relation to solar radiation and ambient temperature. Students work individually or in pairs to answer the questions.

Objectives

  • Students will practice
Resource Details
Lesson
Arctic
Less than 1 period
High school and Up
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STEM Experience Report - Andre Wille

The report is written by teacher participants upon return from their field expedition portion of the PolarTREC program. It summarizes the benefit of the expedition to the teacher, a description of activities, and a summary of how teachers plan to link this experience in classrooms and communities. This is a public document that will be posted in teacher portfolios and

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Report
Arctic
Less than 1 period
All Aged
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Weddel Seal Movements

Provided by Dr. Jennifer Burns and and graduate student Kim Goetz. This timelapse video depicts the movement of Weddell Seals of a 12 month period.

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Video
Antarctic
Less than 1 period
All Aged
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Recess at 25 Below

Overview

Students will engage in a hands-on activity to help them consider what students in a tropical climate do to prepare for recess compared with students who live in the interior of Alaska.

Objectives

Students will: * Compare what students in a tropical climate do to prepare for recess with students who live in the interior of Alaska. * Learn

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Lesson
Arctic
Less than 1 period
Elementary and Up
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Region

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Related Members

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Expeditions

  • Predatory Spiders in the Arctic Food Web (9)
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  • Arctic Sunlight and Microbial Interactions 2014 (1)
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  • Seafloor Organisms and Changing Ocean Conditions in Antarctic (1)
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  • (-) Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea (1)

Completion Time

  • About 1 period (6)
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  • (-) Less than 1 period (4)

Topic

  • Life Science (9)
    • Regulation and Behavior (2)
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    • (-) Organisms and Their Environments (4)
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