Skip to main content
Home PolarTREC
Toggle menu
  • About
    • About PolarTREC
    • Staff
    • Join PolarTREC
    • Education List
    • Goals and Objectives
    • Educator FAQs
    • Application
    • Program Requirements
    • PolarTREC Informational Webinar
    • Store
    • Contact Information
    • News Archive
  • Virtual Base Camp
    • Upcoming Expeditions
    • 2019 Expeditions
    • 2018 Expeditions
    • 2017 Expeditions
    • 2016 Expeditions
    • 2015 Expeditions
    • 2014 Expeditions
    • 2013 Expeditions
    • 2012 Expeditions
    • 2011 Expeditions
    • 2010 Expeditions
    • 2009 Expeditions
    • 2008 Expeditions
    • 2007 Expeditions
    • Member Directory
    • Projects
    • Expeditions Map
  • PolarConnect
    • PolarConnect Overview
    • PolarConnect Archives
    • Register for PolarConnect
    • PolarConnect Instructions
    • PolarConnect FAQ
    • Tips For Classrooms
  • For Educators
    • 2020-2021 PolarTREC Educator Application
    • Educator FAQ
  • For Researchers
    • Join PolarTREC!
    • Researcher Application
    • Researchers FAQ
    • Why Host an Educator?
    • Quotes From Researchers
  • Newsroom
  • Resources
    • About
    • Search Resources
    • Fast and Fun Facts
    • Polar Media Archive
    • PolarTREC Vocabulary
    • Products
    • STEM Experience Reports
    • Collections
  • Search

Search Resources

  1. Resources

Displaying 1 - 9 of 9

Homes Heating Up- A Hermit Crab Investigation

Overview

In this lesson, students will conduct an investigation to discover how the behavior of hermit crabs change as water temperature changes.

Goals

Students will understand and practice the steps of a science investigation through an investigation about hermit crabs’ reaction to changing ocean temperature. Students will understand that as ocean temperatures increase some animals will adapt and some will

Resource Details
Lesson
Antarctic
Less than a week
Elementary and Up
Download, Share, and Remix
View Resource

Jumping Into Warming Seas

Overview

This lesson introduces students to the impacts of increasing ocean temperatures on marine life. Through this kinesthetic activity, students will learn more about marine ectotherms and what researchers in Antarctica have learned so far about how increasing temperature in Antarctic waters will affect their growth. Through the elaborate section of the activity students will connect what they learned about

Resource Details
Lesson
Antarctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
Download, Share, and Remix
View Resource

STEM Experience Report-Amy Osborne

Getting Connected: The PolarTREC Field Experience


I looked closer at the nudibranch. This is a Tritonia challengeriana...I can tell by the pompon looking tufts along the side of its body. I think it's producing an egg case. Yes, it is! I need to tell Aaron, Graham, and Amy! I am so excited that, finally, after mornings and afternoons spent observing

Resource Details
Report
Antarctic
Download and Share
View Resource

Marietta Native Headed to Antarctica to Study Life Under the ice

An article about Amy Osborne's upcoming expedition to Antarctica that appeared in the Marietta Times newspaper in Marietta, Ohio on 11 October 2019.

Resource Details
Article
Antarctic
View Resource

Sausalito educator heads to Antarctica on climate change research expedition

Article in the Marietta Times in Marietta, Ohio about Amy Osborne's upcoming journey to Antarctica to study nudibranchs and sea spiders.

Amy Osborne on Rodeo Beach with a pipe cleaner sea spider announces her Antarctica depature date
Amy Osborne on Rodeo Beach with a pipe cleaner sea spider announces her Antarctica depature date

Resource Details
Article
Antarctic
n/a
All Aged
Download and Share
View Resource

Local and Traditional Knowledge and Risk

Introduction


This activity is 4 of 4 in a series that exposes students to the concepts of and work done by the HERMYs Project (Historical Ecology and Risk Management: Youth Sustainability):

1. A Narrative Pantomime
2. Environmental Risk Assessment
3. Risk Hazard Identification
4. Local and Traditional Knowledge & Risk

*“Historical accounts of remote Alaska can only offer documentation

Resource Details
Lesson
Arctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
Download and Share
View Resource

Risk Hazard Identification

Introduction


This activity is 3 of 4 in a series that exposes students to the concepts of and work done by the HERMYs Project (Historical Ecology and Risk Management: Youth Sustainability):

1. A Narrative Pantomime
2. Environmental Risk Assessment
3. Risk Hazard Identification
4. Local and Traditional Knowledge & Risk

*“Historical accounts of remote Alaska can only offer documentation

Resource Details
Lesson
Arctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
Download and Share
View Resource

Environmental Risk Assessment

Introduction


This activity is 2 of 4 in a series that exposes students to the concepts of and work done by the HERMYs Project (Historical Ecology and Risk Management: Youth Sustainability):

1. A Narrative Pantomime
2. Environmental Risk Assessment
3. Risk Hazard Identification
4. Local and Traditional Knowledge & Risk

*“Historical accounts of remote Alaska can only offer documentation

Resource Details
Lesson
Arctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
Download and Share
View Resource

A Narrative Pantomime

Introduction


This activity is 1 of 4 in a series that exposes students to the concepts of and work done by the HERMYs Project (Historical Ecology and Risk Management: Youth Sustainability):

1. A Narrative Pantomime
2. Environmental Risk Assessment
3. Risk Hazard Identification
4. Local and Traditional Knowledge & Risk

*“Historical accounts of remote Alaska can only offer documentation

Resource Details
Lesson
Arctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
Download and Share
View Resource

Search Resources

Resource Type

  • Lesson (6)
  • Article (2)
  • Report (1)

Region

  • Antarctic (5)
  • Arctic (4)

Grade

  • Middle School and Up (5)
  • All Aged (1)
  • Elementary and Up (1)

Related Members

  • Janet Warburton (337)
  • Sarah Bartholow (184)
  • Katie Breen (75)
  • Judy Fahnestock (71)
  • Alex Eilers (57)
  • Bill Schmoker (37)
  • Kate Miller (34)
  • admin-ronnie (31)
  • Tim Martin (27)
  • Elizabeth Eubanks (23)
  • Juan Botella (23)
  • Maggie Prevenas (23)
  • (21)
  • Michele Cross (20)
  • Chantelle Rose (18)
  • Armando Caussade (14)
  • DJ Kast (14)
  • Susan Steiner (14)
  • Cara Pekarcik (13)
  • David Walker (13)
  • Jillian Worssam (12)
  • Lisa Seff (12)
  • Shelly Hynes (12)
  • Mark Buesing (11)
  • Adeena Teres (10)
  • Betsy Wilkening (10)
  • Casey OHara (10)
  • Mike LeBaron (10)
  • Timothy Dwyer (10)
  • Eric Thuma (9)
  • Missy Holzer (9)
  • Steve Kirsche (9)
  • Anne Schoeffler (8)
  • Brian DuBay (8)
  • Catherine Campbell (8)
  • Deanna Wheeler (8)
  • Katey Shirey (8)
  • Lauren Neitzke Adamo (8)
  • Lesley Urasky (8)
  • Lucy Coleman (8)
  • Mike Penn (8)
  • Brandon Gillette (7)
  • Bridget Ward (7)
  • Michael Wing (7)
  • Misty Nikula (7)
  • Robin Ellwood (7)
  • Glenn Clark (6)
  • Jamie Esler (6)
  • Jennifer Bault (6)
  • Kirk Beckendorf (6)
  • Lollie Garay (6)
  • Sandra Thornton (6)
  • Stanley Skotnicki (6)
  • Tim Spuck (6)
  • Alicia Gillean (5)
  • Amber Lancaster (5)
  • Bruce Taterka (5)
  • Cristina Solis (5)
  • Dave Jones (5)
  • Elke Bergholz (5)
  • John Wood (5)
  • Kelly McCarthy (5)
  • Lesley Anderson (5)
  • Lindsay Knippenberg (5)
  • Maggie Kane (5)
  • Mark Goldner (5)
  • Mary Anne Pella-Donnelly (5)
  • Melissa Lau (5)
  • Mindy Bell (5)
  • Nick LaFave (5)
  • Paula Dell (5)
  • Peggy McNeal (5)
  • Robert Harris (5)
  • Samantha Hansen (5)
  • Simone Welch (5)
  • Svea Anderson (5)
  • Alejandra Martinez (4)
  • Amanda Ruland (4)
  • Andrea Skloss (4)
  • Craig Kasemodel (4)
  • Jacquelyn Hams (4)
  • Jocelyn Argueta (4)
  • Joed Polly (4)
  • Katie Gavenus (4)
  • Ken Williams (4)
  • Lauren Watel (4)
  • Liz Ratliff (4)
  • Piper Bartlett-Browne (4)
  • Rebecca Harris (4)
  • Regina Brinker (4)
  • Russell Hood (4)
  • Tina Ciarametaro (4)
  • Andre Wille (3)
  • Ann Linsley (3)
  • Dan Frost (3)
  • Dominique Richardson (3)
  • Frank Kelley (3)
  • George Hademenos (3)
  • Gerty Ward (3)
  • Jennifer Baldacci (3)
  • Jo Dodds (3)
  • Joshua Heward (3)
  • Kate Steeper (3)
  • Keith Smith (3)
  • Kim Young (3)
  • Lenore Teevan (3)
  • Melissa Barker (3)
  • Rob Wilder (3)
  • Robyn Sweet (3)
  • Sarah Slack (3)
  • Sian Proctor (3)
  • Tom Lane (3)
  • Cameo Slaybaugh (2)
  • Craig Beals (2)
  • Emily Dodson (2)
  • Jeff Peneston (2)
  • Jennifer Heidrich (2)
  • Karen Temple-Beamish (2)
  • KBP Team (2)
  • Kevin McMahon (2)
  • Lynn Reed (2)
  • Mark Paricio (2)
  • Sarah Anderson (2)
  • Tish Yager (2)
  • Wendi Pillars (2)
  • Allan Miller (1)
  • Allyson Woodard (1)
  • Al Werner (1)
  • Anne Marie Wotkyns (1)
  • Cristina Galvan (1)
  • Denise Hardoy (1)
  • Elliot Friedman (1)
  • Emily Davenport (1)
  • Gary Wesche (1)
  • Heidi Roop (1)
  • Jacqueline Grebmeier (1)
  • Jennifer Thompson (1)
  • Justin Kendhammer (1)
  • Kevin Dickerson (1)
  • Mark McKay (1)
  • Mary Albert (1)
  • Michael League (1)
  • Michelle Brown (1)
  • Nell Herrmann (1)
  • Nell Kemp (1)
  • Sarah Johnson (1)
  • Steve Roof (1)
  • Susy Ellison (1)
  • (-) Amy Osborne (5)
  • (-) Hollis Yenna (4)

Expeditions

  • Thermal Sensitivity of Embryos and Larvae of Antarctic Marine Ectotherms (5)
  • Historical Ecology for Risk Management (4)

Completion Time

  • About 1 period (4)
  • Less than a week (2)
  • n/a (1)

Topic

  • Life Science (2)
  • Archaeology and Anthropology (1)
  • Environmental Studies (1)
  • Polar Careers (1)
  • Polar Science (1)

Resources

  • About
  • Search Resources
  • Fast and Fun Facts
  • Polar Media Archive
  • PolarTREC Vocabulary
  • Products
  • STEM Experience Reports
  • Collections

© 2019 PolarTREC


Login

Contact

Site Feedback

Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.

National Science Foundation

Award Info


This site is supported by the National Science Foundation under award 1918637.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this site are those of the PIs and coordinating team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

With Support From


ARCUS NSF Arctic Sciences | Offsite Link

sfy39587stp16