This mini exhibit explores the science behind climate change and introduces current climate change research to the public. Panels cover the topics of changing climate, ocean acidification and sea level rise, giving examples of how data is collected and current research in these fields. The exhibit also provides websites for further exploring climate change impacts.
View sequential still images of thermokarst (thawed permafrost) at Horn Lake in northern Alaska during the summer of 2010. The video was made by researchers studying the responses of Arctic landscapes to permafrost degradation.
PolarTREC Teacher Melissa Barker is a feature story for her school in Colorado. She is heading into the field with Dr. Tamara Harms to study Arctic watershed systems.
This is a web story from a featured news story on Channel 2 KTUU TV, Anchorage's New Source on PolarTREC teacher Chantelle Rose's Winter Sampling experience.
In this activity, students diagram the hydrologic cycle. Most of the concepts will already be familiar to middle and high school students, but this activity is a good way to prepare for making the far more challenging carbon cycle and energy NON-cycle diagrams.
Objective
* Students understand that the total amount of water on Earth is constant