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Article run in the East Hampton Star Newspaper on February 16, 2017, about teacher Lisa Seff's participation in the expedition "Upwelling and Ecology in the Bering Sea" aboard the R/V Sikuliaq in the Beaufort Sea.

Bringing the Science Back to my Classroom

It’s sometimes a common and depressing comment to hear from your students, “I’ll never use this in my life! Teach me something practical like how to pay my taxes!” As teachers, we strive to make learning relevant to student’s lives, but for a multitude of reasons sometimes your lessons just don’t have that

Feature story on David Walker's Carbon in the Arctic expedition and permafrost science in the Spring 2020 issue of The Classroom Teacher, the quarterly magazine of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association. Article begins on page 12.

Anne Schoeffler (PolarTREC 2016) was interviewed for a speaking engagement at the Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society. The session title was Implications of Climate Change in the Arctic. Schoeffler speaks about outdoor education, research, and teaching students to appreciate and protect the natural world.

This presentation was given as part of the 2020-2021 PolarTREC Orientation by Dr. Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center on 1 April 2020.

This scientific presentation was given in conjunction with the 2020-2021 PolarTREC Orientation on 30 March 2020 by Dr. Byron Adams of Brigham Young University.

This presentation was given by Dr. Tasha Snow of CIRES as part of the 2020-21 PolarTREC virtual Orientation on 18 March 2020.

This presentation entitled "Monitoring Arctic Tundra Vegetation Across Varying Scales in Northern Alaska" was given by Dr. Jeremy May from Florida International University on 26 March 2020 as part of the PolarTREC virtual orientation.

This is an archive of a presentation given by Dr. Diane Hirshberg from the University of Alaska Anchorage on The Role of Education in Self-Determined Sustainable Development in the Arctic. This was given to the 2020-2021 PolarTREC cohort during Orientation.

This American Public Media Educate podcast features PolarTREC alumni, Melissa Lau. She talks about how her experiences in PolarTREC has influenced how she approaches teaching climate change in the classroom. Here's the link to the Education podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-students-demanding-action-on-climate-change-teachers/id81914987?i=1000466825634