In March, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) performed sea ice and underwater acoustic surveys in preparation for a return trip in March 2009 to make the first direct measurement of Pacific Ocean water flowing into the western Arctic in winter. This flow plays a role in maintaining the Arctic ice cap .The researchers […]
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Polar News & Notes: Polar Bears and AUVs On and Under Chukchi Ocean
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Polar Notes News & Notes: NSTA Web Seminars in May Focus on the International Polar Year
Friday, April 11th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
Three of the Web Seminars scheduled by the National Science Teachers Association in May will offer teachers at all grade levels an opportunity to enrich their teaching about the polar regions. Each seminar is presented at 6:30 p.m. on its scheduled date and lasts for 90 minutes. Participation is free.
Presenters for the two-part seminars on […]
Issue Two Highlights: Read Expository Text, Assess Misconceptions, Integrate Science and Literacy
Monday, April 7th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Our second issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine contains several articles to help you include expository text in your reading instruction, support struggling readers, integrate children’s literature, and assess student misconceptions. Interested? Check out the following highlights from this month’s issue:
Expository articles for students
This month’s feature story, “Dinos in the Dark,” discusses […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, Cyberzine Issues, Earth and Space Science, Reading, Science, Technology, Writing
Issue Two of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Learning From the Polar Past
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 1:00 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
A new month brings a new issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine! The online magazine is written for elementary teachers to help develop their content knowledge of the polar regions and use best practices in integrating science and literacy instruction. Our second issue is called “Learning From the Polar Past” and provides […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, Cyberzine Issues, Earth and Space Science, Education, International Polar Year, Reading, Science, Technology, social studies
Polar News & Notes: March 2008 News Roundup
Monday, March 24th, 2008 3:44 pm
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
News from the polar regions in March 2008 included many “firsts:” flights of unmanned vehicles, research during Antarctica’s “polar night,” and new insight into the polar regions from boulders, sediment cores, and other reports. Missed these stories the first time? Read on!
Last month, we reported on a fully robot astronomical observatory called PLATO. This month […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, International Polar Year, Monthly News Roundup, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
Polar News & Notes: Some See a Rush to Exploit Northwest Passage and Arctic Resources
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The consequences of global warming are often predicted in terms of washed-out coastal cities, displaced populations, and changed weather patterns, but only recently have some warned of armed conflict in the icy waters around the North Pole. A former U.S. Coast Guard commander writing in the March-April 2008 issue of Foreign Relations, says the ice […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: A Frozen Mountain in the Arctic Circle Is Safe Haven for the World’s Crops
Friday, March 14th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The Arctic Circle, generally recognized as a barometer of climate change, recently became a safety net for the world’s food crops.
Inside a frozen mountain on the island of Svalbard, about 500 miles from the North Pole, the Global Crop Diversity Trust has opened a vault capable of holding tons of seeds in some 4.5 million […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: They Call Arctic Pliosaur ‘The Monster’
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
The Arctic Ocean was once home to a 50-foot-long, dinosaur-era marine reptile. On February 26, Norwegian scientists reported that the fossil found on the archipelago of Svalbard is a new species and larger than the previous pliosaur record-holder found in Australia.
Paleontologist Joern Hurum said that a small car could fit in the reptile’s mouth, […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
Polar News & Notes: Mackey Wins Iditarod 36
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 1:27 pm
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Lance Mackey, a musher from Fairbanks, won his second straight Iditarod on Wednesday morning, crossing the finish line in Nome at 2:46 a.m. Mackey’s team ran the 1150 mile race in 9 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes, and 48 seconds. The musher won both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod in 2007. He repeated the […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes
Polar News & Notes: Teachers Onboard for Research in Polar Regions
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
When the USCGC Healy left Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on March 11, middle school science and technology teacher Craig Kasemodel began two weeks of research on late winter conditions in the Bering Sea. The Anchorage, Alaska, teacher will be working with Lee Cooper, chief scientist for several science cruises that will take place in 2008. The […]
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Education, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Science, Scientists in the field, Technology, Upcoming Broadcasts
Posted in Topics: Arctic, Current News, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field
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