The inspiration for this lesson was to encourage students to experience and appreciate nature with their senses while addressing a Common Core State Standard. This activity allows students to infer what an object is by using all senses but sight. Phonemic awareness is a skill difficult to isolate outside of the context of reading; the audio portion of
This one hour webinar is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Jillian Worssam. She and her team are studying Seafloor Changes and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
This interactive lesson introduces students to a number of animals and individuals that will be affected by climate change in Alaska. It allows students to grapple with the complexities that face both humans and animals who face an uncertain future due to an uncertain climate. Students will connect how changing climates affect animal habitats; and in turn, how
The students will bury ice (frozen in various shapes such as flat slabs, wedges, & lumps) at varying depths and under the various substrates and vegetation covers.
The students will record the ambient temperature and how long it takes the various ice shapes with the various coverings to melt. Students will observe and record results.
The students will
This one hour PolarConnect event highlights the pre-field education and outreach efforts of the 2014-15 cohort of teachers headed out on antarctic expeditions in 2014-2015.
This one hour webinar is hosted by PolarTREC teacher Regina Brinker who studied interactions of sunlight and microbes at Toolik Field Station in northern Alaska.
This one hour PolarConnect event highlights the pre-field education and outreach efforts of the 2014-15 cohort of teachers headed out on arctic expeditions in summer 2014.