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27 October 2020 What Happens in the Arctic Doesn't Stay in the Arctic - VIRTUAL EVENT

Youth Water Leaders LIVE flier
Journal Entry

Weather and Climate Change from the North Pole to the Mainland Youth (and the young at heart) are invited to this virtual event with Ignatius Rigor Ph.D. Director of the International Arctic Buoy Program. Encourage your students to attend by [registering here](https://www.wildroseeducation.com

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26 October 2020 Sea Cadet Student Buoys Still Collecting Data!

Wolverine Buoy Deployment
Journal Entry

Five months later, two of the eleven weather buoys deployed by the International Arctic Buoy Program Sea Cadet students are still collecting and sending data. Check out this map to see the buoy named

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26 October 2020 Science from the cozy comfort of our homes

MRH Urban Tree canopy survey
Journal Entry

Connecting class content in schools to the experiences of students is an important part of learning. In our middle school we do this through an expeditionary model. This means that we spend lots of time getting our students outside of the classroom and into the world. In a "normal" school year we

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23 October 2020 The Learning Year

The progression of an octopus bite
Journal Entry

We're all just life-long learners... 2020 has been one long learning experience. In March, I learned I’m allergic to octopus bites.... In April, I learned that having your friend move in to be your quarantine buddy MIGHT slightly change your living habits... In July, I learned that I’m not that

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The March of Nitrifiers - Good or Bad?

Objectives


Students will be able to:

* Analyze graphical data to draw conclusions
* Compare and contrast the chemical structures of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide
* Explain how differences in the structure of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide lead to differences in their reactivity and functions as a greenhouse gas
* Argue how changing shrubbery impacts climate change

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Arctic
Middle School and Up
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19 October 2020 It's Not Antarctica, But...

A view of Holgate Glacier
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Summer in Seward, Alaska Hello! It's time for an update that's been a long time coming. To decrease the chances of coronavirus arriving in Antarctica and overwhelming the medical facilities there, many research programs have been canceled for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021. PolarTREC

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Investigating Permafrost Depth in the Arctic

Objectives

Students will be able to:

* Graph, analyze, and predict data
* Develop claim, evidence, and reasoning
* Explain how permafrost is made, current conditions, and its impacts on climate and humans

Preparation


* This lesson plan can be taught either in the classroom or virtually online. Instructions on how to teach both ways are given in the Procedure

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Arctic
Middle School and Up
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14 October 2020 MOSAiC Homecoming

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After over a year in the Arctic Ocean, the R/V Polarstern returned to the Port of Bremerhaven, Germany yesterday, October 12, 2020. (Well sort of yesterday, time zones are confusing!) To celebrate the return of the Polarstern, you can watch a [brief welcome back video](https://www.youtube.com

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MOSAiC Expedition Virtual Tour

On Monday, October 12, 2020, the German Research Vessel Polarstern sailed back into its homeport after completing a remarkable expedition to the Arctic Ocean. This day marked the end of the fieldwork portion of the 2019-2020 MOSAiC expedition in which hundreds of scientists from around the world spent a year in the Arctic gathering important climate datasets.

Now a Virtual

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Arctic
All Aged
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How to Melt a Glacier

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This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to design and carry out an experiment that mimics the conditions causing accelerated ice melt along the face of the Thwaites Glacier off the southwest coast of Antarctica. Created by Sarah Slack during her expedition to Thwaites aboard the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, this activity aligns with the Science and Engineering

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Antarctic
About 1 period
Elementary and Up
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