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Staying Warm in the Extreme: Metabolism of Baby Seals

Overview

This lesson investigates the correlation between the rate of cellular respiration and metabolic rate of Weddell seal pups. Students will collect data of their personal oxygen consumption rate at rest and during exercise, and evaluate how collecting oxygen data can be used to calculate metabolic rate. Students will comprehend that heat is a product of the reaction of cellular

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Antarctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
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Growing Up on Ice

Overview

This is a STEM-based lesson that can be taught in class or online. Students will analyze Weddell seal pup growth data, collected by the Growing Up on Ice, B-030, research team. To use this lesson virtually, include the data cards and have students either construct graphs and upload an image of their graph, or construct a graph and share

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Antarctic
About 1 period
High school and Up
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A Day in the Field: Collecting Ice Cores

Overview

Students will engage in a virtual field experience on Huascarán Mountain in Peru, learning about how ice cores are collected and stored.

Lesson Preparation

Refer to Lesson Materials * Copies of Worksheets * Computers for students

Procedure

1. Read National Geographic Encyclopedia Entry Paleoclimatology and answer questions 2. Watch video Recovering Ice Cores (link in Resources). 3. Complete virtual

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Arctic Antarctic
About 1 period
High school and Up
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Fur vs. Blubber: Which is the Better Insulator for Marine Mammals?

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This lesson investigates the effects of different insulators (fur and blubber) on maintaining the body temperature of polar animals. Water balloons filled with warm water simulate the marine mammal. The blubber insulator will be simulated by covering the balloon in vegetable shortening. The fur insulator will be simulated by placing another balloon over the “marine mammal” and adding an

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Antarctic
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Middle School and Up
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Investigating Penguin Populations of Antarctica

Overview

This investigation allows students to explore the geography of Antarctica and become an active member of the citizen science project, PenguinWatch.

Objectives

Students will: * Examine maps of the World, South Polar Regions and Antarctica and interpret geographic location influence on climates * Develop map skills by learning how to use longitude and latitude coordinates to locate 6 research

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Antarctic
More than a week
High school and Up
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Chlorophyll Conundrum: Can factors affect chlorophyll levels in plankton samples?

Overview

This lesson incorporates techniques and experimental designs used by researchers during the Southern Ocean Diatoms PolarTREC expedition and during post-expedition laboratory analysis. This guided inquiry lesson provides students the opportunity to explore photosynthesis and primary productivity using techniques to measure chlorophyll levels.

Objectives

SWBAT: 1. Use models to predict chlorophyll levels in the global oceans 2. Identify

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Antarctic
More than a week
High school and Up
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Reeling in CTD Data

Understanding Physical and Chemical Parameters of Ocean Water Using CTD Profiles

Overview

A focus of the PolarTREC Southern Ocean Diatoms expedition was to collect water samples and physical profile data using oceanographic technology. Oceanographers rely on the real-time data transferred from the water column to the ship-based computers using a CTD sensor. The CTD measures conductivity (salinity), temperature and depth

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Antarctic
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Expeditions

  • Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice (3)
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  • Human Impacts in Antarctica (2)
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  • Microbialites In Lake Joyce Antarctica (2)
  • Operation IceBridge Antarctica (2)
  • Seasonal Sea Ice Production in the Ross Sea (2)
  • South Pole Ozone Changes (2)
  • Tectonic History of the Transantarctic Mountains (2)
  • Thermal Sensitivity of Embryos and Larvae of Antarctic Marine Ectotherms (2)
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  • (-) Weddell Seals: Growing Up on Ice (5)
  • (-) Southern Ocean Diatoms (2)

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