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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:04
Penguin Science
What is more fun than learning about penguins? How about adopting one for your classroom! A teacher traveling to Antarctica with Dr. David Ainley, an adelie penguin scientist, will send your class pictures and updates on your adopted penguin’s health and activities, as she aides in his research. Even after the research expedition ends, this website will provide images and activities for teaching about penguins and Antarctic science.
Activity: Students will be able to adopt a breeding pair of adelie penguins, and analyze the factors and variables that will make their pair successful parents. Pictures of each pair will be posted on the Internet for students to observe along with other data they can record and analyze. The interactive website will also provide general...
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:03
Earth Viewer
A real-time view of sunlight on the Earth. You can view a flat map, the Earth from the sun’s view, the moon’s view, and a night view. Understanding why the Arctic and Antarctic experience 24 hours of sunlight or darkness becomes clear with this visual representation.
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- An ideal way to use this website would be to acquire an old computer having the capability of displaying this website constantly in the classroom. Students can observe daily, monthly, seasonally how sunlight changes on the planet in relation to the Earth’s rotations, tilt and revolutions.
- Have students measure across the map and then across the sunlight at their latitude. They can work with ratios of available sunlight and compare them to other places on the globe. Over...
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 01:00
Nature: Survival in Antarctica
This page by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center gives access to 14 pairs of glacier pictures showing the loss of ice over time. (You need to scroll down the page, click the box titled, “Long-Term Change Photograph Pairs;” then scroll to the bottom of the page and click “submit.”)
Activities: Print out the glacier pair photographs. Put the dates on the backs. Have students match the photos by noting topographical features, shapes of landmarks, etc. Using the website, identify where the glaciers are located and mark them on a world map. Discuss what strategies they used to match them. Compare areas to historical records of climate and temperature of the areas during the period of time when the photos were taken.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 00:58
NSIDC Online Glacier Photograph Database
This page by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center gives access to 14 pairs of glacier pictures showing the loss of ice over time. (You need to scroll down the page, click the box titled, “Long-Term Change Photograph Pairs;” then scroll to the bottom of the page and click “submit.”)
Activities: Print out the glacier pair photographs. Put the dates on the backs. Have students match the photos by noting topographical features, shapes of landmarks, etc. Using the website, identify where the glaciers are located and mark them on a world map. Discuss what strategies they used to match them. Compare areas to historical records of climate and temperature of the areas during the period of time when the photos were taken.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 00:51
Discovering Antarctica
The British Antarctic Survey has developed an “Antarctic Schools Pack” which is downloadable and provides images and information on living and working in Antarctica, science in Antarctica, the Antarctic Treaty, geology, ice, climate, ozone hole, lake ecosystems, marine species, tourism, and environmental protection and conservation. This website also has a picture gallery, posters and an interactive section called, “Fun and Games.”
Activity: Divide your class into expert groups. Either have them choose one of the topics from the Schools Pack list, or assign topics to groups. Have them read the information and use a “jigsaw” technique to share with the rest of the class.
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 00:37
US EPA: Global Warming - Visitor Center
This US Environmental Protection Agency site contains a wealth of information for both adults and students for understanding the science behind global warming, greenhouse gases and the impacts of climate change. There are articles, animations, games, a carbon calculator, and links to many other web resources and teacher lesson plans.
Activity: Using the article titled “Climate” to introduce students to the basics of climate change science. Lead the class to explore the topic further with the...
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 00:33
Kid's Footprint: Have and Have-Not
This website provides the data for students to follow the spring migrations of many different animals, including the gray whale that migrates from California to Alaska. It also provides an exciting “Mystery Class” project where students track the changing photoperiod of sunlight and seasons from January to April and try to identify the location of the 10 mystery classes based on the amount of sunlight they receive each week. Teachers are required to register their classes to take part in the project, but the registration is free.
Activity: Students receive sunrise and sunset times for their mystery classes each week and graph the information. On the spring equinox they discover the longitude of their mystery classes by comparing their information to Greenwich, Eng...
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 00:04
Mystery Class
This website provides the data for students to follow the spring migrations of many different animals, including the gray whale that migrates from California to Alaska. It also provides an exciting “Mystery Class” project where students track the changing photoperiod of sunlight and seasons from January to April and try to identify the location of the 10 mystery classes based on the amount of sunlight they receive each week. Teachers are required to register their classes to take part in the project, but the registration is free.
Activity: Students receive sunrise and sunset times for their mystery classes each week and graph the information. On the spring equinox they discover the longitude of their mystery classes by comparing their information to Greenwich, Eng...
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 23:58
Arctic Centre blog in Aboa, Antarctica
Several traverses across Antarctica are occurring this season, studying the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. They all have very informative and helpful web pages, as well as daily or weekly updates about their progress.
Previous Expeditions:
More information on previous International Antarctic Traverses can be found on the following pages:
Summary of International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expeditions (ITASE)
Previous scientific traverses across East Antarctica almost fifty years ago
Current Expeditions:
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 07:48
IPY is news up North
Read about how Barrie Ford of Kuujjuaq, in Northern Canada, is spreading the word of IPY. Nunatsiaq News has the story: It could have been just called a northern office, but the idea was to have people in the North who would be concrete and visible, Ford said. Part of my job is to spread the word about IPY so people are more aware of it and know what is going on, and also to be a point of contact for scientists. Ford has spoken to schools in Nunavik, designed posters and contacted the region's mayors, where a growing awareness of climate change is sparking interest in IPY. ...
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