The report is written by teacher participants upon return from their field expedition portion of the PolarTREC program. It summarizes the benefit of the expedition to the teacher, a description of activities, and a summary of how teachers plan to link this experience in classrooms and communities. This is a public document that will be posted in teacher portfolios and
The report is written by teacher participants upon return from their field expedition portion of the PolarTREC program. It summarizes the benefit of the expedition to the teacher, a description of activities, and a summary of how teachers plan to link this experience in classrooms and communities. This is a public document that will be posted in teacher portfolios and
Free community viewing of Taking Earth's Temperature -Delving Into Earth's Past followed by Q & A w/contributor Dr. Jason Briner. Organized by PolarTREC teacher, Tina Ciarametaro in her home community after her expedition to Greenland. Learn more here about the documentary Taking Earth's Temperature.
News outlets shared news of Armando Caussade's deployment to South Pole with the IceCube project. This article was reported in three outlets.
Profesor boricua realizará investigación en la Antártida
http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/profesorboricuarealizarainvestigacionenlaantartida-1056362/
http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/profesorpuertorriquenorealizarainvestigacionenlaantartida-1056362/
Un profesor boricua investigará en la Antártida
http://www.indicepr.com/noticias/2014/12/30/nova/34173/un-profesor-boricua-investigara-en-la-antartida/
Armando Caussade's expedition to South Pole received a media blitz just before deployment . This article (or shorter version of) appeared in twelve different news outlets in the United States and Mexico.
News wires
Un profesor puertorriqueño investigará en la Antártida sobre los neutrinos
http://www.efe.com/efe/noticias/usa/puerto-rico/profesor-puertorriqueno-investigara-antartida-sobre-los-neutrinos/5/50034/2501289
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US / Mexico
Un profesor puertorriqueño investigará en la Antártida sobre los neutrinos
http://www.wveatv.com/2014/12/30/un-profesor-puertorriqueno-investigara-en-la-antartida-sobre-los-neutrinos/
News release letter for Tina Ciarametaro's expedition to Greenland to study shrinking arctic icecaps. The release explains the upcoming expedition, PolarTREC's goals/objectives and how to follow the expedition.
Scientists use bathymetry to understand the ocean floor. This lesson is a basic introduction to bathymetry using salad trays to help students understand how bathymetric maps work.
Objectives
1. Students will be able to identify the advantages to using a bathymetric map.
2. Students will be able to transform a bathymetric map into a three-dimensional model.
3. Using just