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PolarConnect event with Katie Gavenus on the MOSAiC Expedition

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.

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Arctic
n/a
All Aged
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Microbe Madness

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In a “March Madness” game of survival of the fittest, will your microbe and its genes survive the test of changing conditions on Planet Earth and beyond? Students choose genes from a “toolbox” and pit their microbe against their classmates’, using critical thinking and argument writing to determine the microbe with the best chance of success. Based on PolarTREC

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Antarctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
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Using Analog Environments in Astrobiology

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Analogs are used in science investigations to better understand systems we can’t access ourselves. In this lesson, students explore the Dry Valleys of Antarctica to better understand microbial communities on early Earth and what might have been possible on ancient Mars. Students will examine photographs, written descriptions, and artistic renderings of early Earth, the Dry Valley lakes, and

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Antarctic
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Middle School and Up
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Lucy Coleman and the Microbialites in Lake Joyce Expedition

This one hour live event from Antarctica is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Lucy Coleman and her team from McMurdo Station.

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Antarctic
About 1 period
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Related Members

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Expeditions

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  • Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies 2014 (5)
  • Microbial Changes in Arctic Freshwater 2016 (5)
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  • Arctic Ground Squirrel Studies (4)
  • Bering Ecosystem Study 08 (4)
  • Spring Plankton and Changing Ice Cover (4)
  • Antarctic Weather Stations (3)
  • Greenland Seabird Ecology (3)
  • Kuril Islands Biocomplexity (3)
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  • Climate Change and Pollinators in the Arctic 2016 (2)
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  • Jellyfish in the Bering Sea (2)
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  • Airborne Survey of Polar Ice 2014 (1)
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