Article about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers’ visit to Bailey Station Elementary to discuss her upcoming expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Article about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eiler’s visit to Chillicothe Public Library to discuss her upcoming expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Online story about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers and her expedition to Antarctica. Includes information about sending postcards to the Pink Palace Museum and then having them be returned from Antarctica.
During Lesley Urasky’s expedition, “Glacial History in Antarctica”, the team collected rock samples which were taken back to the University of Washington to be dated using cosmogenic (exposure) dating. This method of radiometric dating measures the ratio of isotopes of Beryllium (9Be:10Be) produced by the interaction of cosmic rays with minerals in rocks. This lesson will introduce the student to