Students will engage in a virtual field experience on Huascarán 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
Article about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers’ return expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Article about UAA graduate students Roxanne Beltran and Amy Kirkham, part of the team studying Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Article in the Shelby Sun Times about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers’ return expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.
Online article in the Bartlett Express about PolarTREC teacher Alex Eilers’ return expedition to study Weddell seals in the Ross Sea.