Students will engage in a virtual field experience on HuascarĂ¡n Mountain in Peru, learning about how ice cores are collected and stored.
Refer to Lesson Materials * Copies of Worksheets * Computers for students
1. Read National Geographic Encyclopedia Entry Paleoclimatology and answer questions 2. Watch video Recovering Ice Cores (link in Resources). 3. Complete virtual
Eric Thuma, a physics teacher at Stoney Creek High School, recently spent three weeks in Antarctica assisting in scientific polar research.
Eric Thuma stands on the McMurdo Ice Sheet, preparing to extract a seismometer. (Photo provided by Dr. Doug MacAyeal)
Local news source in Rochester, MI covers the deployment of Eric Thuma to McMurdo Station.