The Missouri State University's College of Natural and Applied Science Newswatch interviewed alumna, Sarah Johnson on her work with the International Arctic Buoy Programme and PolarTREC.
Sarah authors a blog post for USAPECS (US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) discussing her path to the polar science and education. She also discusses how she understands the value of communities and people in the scientific research.
This article, written by PolarTREC educator Sarah Johnson, was published on June 10, 2022 in the online publication Float Your Boat; Connecting People to the Arctic Ocean. Float Your Boat Info (FYB) is an outreach project of the International Arctic Buoy Programme developed by David Forcucci (US Coast Guard, retired), and Ignatius Rigor (Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University
Article in the local Sopris Sun newspaper about PolarTREC educator Sarah Johnson and her experiences from her expedition with the International Arctic Buoy Programme as part of the PolarTREC program. The article was published in Volume 14, Number 20 | June 23 - June 29, 2022.
KBRW Top of the World Radio host Bob Thomson interviews International Arctic Buoy Programme Director Ignatius Rigor and PolarTREC Educator Sarah R Johnson on Friday, April 1, 2022 in Utqiagvik, Alaska during the morning news hour.
On this episode of "Hey, You're Pretty Good at That" on KDNK Community Radio in Carbondale, Colorado Host Ape on the Dink chats with local environmental educator Sarah Johnson about polar adventures, environmental education, and her recent trip to Scotland.
Kate Miller & Katey Shirey co-presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Regional Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Our presentation was entitled "Living & Working at the South Pole" and was part of the "Physics Day" set of IceCube-related presentations. About 100 people attended with several questions at the end.
Kate Miller co-presents with Jennifer Burgin, a kindergarten teacher who recently went to the Galapagos through the National Geographic Lindblad Expedition Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, at Festival of Minds. Festival of Minds is a professional learning conference run by Arlington Public Schools that provides a diversity of sessions for all PK-12 instructional staff to hone their instructional practice (https://www.apsva.us/fom/). Kate and
Casey O'Hara, Katey Shirey, Liz Ratliff and Kate Miller put together a poster sharing the PolarTREC program, their experiences working with IceCube through PolarTREC, and details on how other teachers can apply. The poster is presented at the Knowles Teacher Initiative (former KSTF) Summer Meeting 2017 to over 300 high school math and science teachers from across the United States.