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Monday, 19 February 2007 19:40
USGS Educational Resources Index for IPY
The USGS Educational Resources Index for IPY let's you explore a variety of USGS resources on polar research, from maps and fact sheets to photographs and databases. Designed for researchers, students, teachers, and others interested in research and findings related to polar science, this index contains more than 65 different resources.
To make finding information you're interested in easier, these resources are divided into eight categories: Alaska and the Arctic, Antarctica, Climate Change, Glaciers and Ice, Photographs, Satellite Imagery, Wildlife, and Other USGS Resources.
Each entry is then broken down by three questions—What is it?,...
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Monday, 12 February 2007 23:37
Frozen Five prepare for an Arctic odyssey
The five members of the Svalbard Scientific Skiing Expedition, colloquially known as the “Frozen Five”, met in Grenoble last week for the final preparations before embarking on their 11 week voyage through the Arctic wilderness on the 29th March.
We’re a group of graduate students of various geosciences that met at UNIS in Longyearbyen during our diverse university careers. From March-June 2007, we will be skiing across the length of Spitsbergen, Svalbard’s largest island. The route, measuring about 1000 km, will take us over numerous glaciers, patches of sea ice and through the territory of the polar bear.
Through this expedition, we wish to share our passion for the Arctic regions with the general public and, in particular, high school students. Blo...
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:53
Experiments with Snow or Ice
Photo from Baffin Bay
Do one or several of these investigations and think about the results.
• Measure the temperature in the snow and compare with the temperature in the air.
• Mix ice or snow with water in a beaker and measure the temperature. What will happen if you change the proportions of the mix? Try to explain.
• Put ice or snow in a beaker. Measure the temperature. Pour salt in the beaker and stir. Do the temperature change? Why or why not?
• Measure the air temperature with a common thermometer. Wrap a thin kitchen paper around the thermometer and make the paper wet. Does the temperature change? Wave the wet thermometer and make a new reading. Try to explain.
Imagine if you are living in the Arctic. ...
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 01:58
Ice Experiments to celebrate the launch of IPY
Photo courtesy of ACE CRC (photographer Simon Marsland)
Ice Investigation #1: If icebergs melt, will sea level rise?
Materials (per pair or team): deep dish pie or cake pan, toothpick, modelling clay, 2-3 ice cubes, water, clear plastic wrap
1. Give each team of students a pan and a lump of clay.
2. Mould the shape of a continent, pressing the edges flat against the pan.
3. Pour in water to partially cover the clay continent.
4. Put several ice cubes in the water to represent icebergs. (Note: The more ice you use, the easier it will be to see any changes in water level.)
5. Trace the water level into the clay with a toothpick or pencil.
6. Cover the pan with clear plastic wrap to prevent evaporation of t...
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:34
Polar Husky
ANDRILL’s website provides a wide range of information and activities from simple interactives, photos and images, videos, interviews and blogs from the field, and hands-on inquiry activities developed by the ARISE teachers, to an explanation of the science of drilling for sediments and developing a paleoclimate record from the evidence found in the sediment core samples. This site includes information on ice sheets and ice shelves, drill rig technology. Educators’ journals from the field in Antarctica explain the science in words and photos for non-technical audiences and children. Teachers can sign up to receive polar science curriculum materials and e-mail updates and link to many other worthwhile websites.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:33
Antarctica: A Living Classroom
ANDRILL’s website provides a wide range of information and activities from simple interactives, photos and images, videos, interviews and blogs from the field, and hands-on inquiry activities developed by the ARISE teachers, to an explanation of the science of drilling for sediments and developing a paleoclimate record from the evidence found in the sediment core samples. This site includes information on ice sheets and ice shelves, drill rig technology. Educators’ journals from the field in Antarctica explain the science in words and photos for non-technical audiences and children. Teachers can sign up to receive polar science curriculum materials and e-mail updates and link to many other worthwhile websites.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:33
ANDRILL
ANDRILL’s website provides a wide range of information and activities from simple interactives, photos and images, videos, interviews and blogs from the field, and hands-on inquiry activities developed by the ARISE teachers, to an explanation of the science of drilling for sediments and developing a paleoclimate record from the evidence found in the sediment core samples. This site includes information on ice sheets and ice shelves, drill rig technology. Educators’ journals from the field in Antarctica explain the science in words and photos for non-technical audiences and children. Teachers can sign up to receive polar science curriculum materials and e-mail updates and link to many other worthwhile websites.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:31
Teacher's Domain
The International Polar Foundation has developed a website with many activities and teaching ideas for young children. It includes animations, images and games on a wide variety of polar topics including comparing the Arctic and Antarctic, scientists at work, ice coring, polar bears, seals, whales, birds, krill, penguins, climate, energy, seasons, and ice.
Activity: Through a cute animation, young children explore a comparison on polar bears and penguins and why they will never meet.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:28
My Footprint
The International Polar Foundation has developed a website with many activities and teaching ideas for young children. It includes animations, images and games on a wide variety of polar topics including comparing the Arctic and Antarctic, scientists at work, ice coring, polar bears, seals, whales, birds, krill, penguins, climate, energy, seasons, and ice.
Activity: Through a cute animation, young children explore a comparison on polar bears and penguins and why they will never meet.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:12
NOAA Gallery of Arctic images
The International Polar Foundation has developed a website with many activities and teaching ideas for young children. It includes animations, images and games on a wide variety of polar topics including comparing the Arctic and Antarctic, scientists at work, ice coring, polar bears, seals, whales, birds, krill, penguins, climate, energy, seasons, and ice.
Activity: Through a cute animation, young children explore a comparison on polar bears and penguins and why they will never meet.
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