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Connecting Boreal Larch Forests to Coniferous Forests of the Rocky Mountain Region

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Scientists in Siberia are seeing trends of more severe and widespread wildfires. By observing and measuring larch forests, they are trying to understand how the forests are changing. What do these trees need to survive? Are they getting what they need? Students will plant lodgepole pine seeds providing some with all the necessary components for survival and others missing

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Arctic
More than a week
Elementary and Up
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Seed Dispersal STEM Challenge

Overview

Scientists in Siberia are seeing trends of more severe and widespread wildfires. Larch seeds are dispersed by wind. Experimentation is currently underway to determine distances larch seeds can disperse from viable, mature larch trees. Students will explore how various types of seeds are dispersed to get what they need to survive.

Timeframe: 90 minutes
Grade: K-2

Objectives

Students will

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Arctic
About 1 period
Elementary and Up
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Meaningful Meteorology

Overview

Students will learn to:

* Observe and record weather patterns
* Process data by creating graphs/charts
* Compare actual weather data from the Siberian Arctic to local weather patterns, draw conclusions and make future predictions concerning weather patterns.

Big Idea

Why do people need to track weather over time?

Lesson Preparation

You will need a thermometer, tracking calendar, and

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Lesson
Arctic
More than a week
Elementary and Up
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STEM Experience Report - Amanda Ruland

The Importance of Teacher/Researcher Collaboration


Collaboration such as this offers a window into the science rarely seen by teachers and their students. It allows the public/students to experience, in real-time, relevant data collection of the 21st century. Furthermore, experiences such as these demonstrate the universal factors of the scientific process. It does not matter if we are practicing science in

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Report
Arctic
n/a
All Aged
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Water Cycling: Movement through Watersheds and Water Tracks

Overview


Students will conduct a demonstration that will help them gain a better understanding of the water cycle and runoff in a watershed. They will be able to replicate arctic and non-arctic watersheds by varying the size of the watershed. They will be able to visualize the difference in runoff by creating hydrographs of these different locations.

Objectives


* Students

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Lesson
Arctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
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Investigating Polar Science

Overview


Students will investigate the breadth and depth of science taking place in the Polar Regions by reading and learning about one PolarTREC expedition and sharing it with the class.

Objectives


* To expose students to the wide variety of science happening in the Polar Regions
* To help students understand the process of science by examining one

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Lesson
Arctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
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Melissa Barker and the Nutrient Transport in the Arctic expedition

This one hour event by Melissa Barker explains the research being done at Toolik Field Station, Alaska on nutrient transport in arctic watersheds. She is joined by team member Dr. Sarah Godsey.

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Arctic
About 1 period
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