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Antarctic Weather Stations Resources

Antarctic Weather Stations

Type: Event
Region: Antarctic
Date: 15 January 2008
Description: Kirk Beckendorf, along with researchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison are based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and traveling around the continent maintaining automatic weather stations....

Who Is the Best Forecaster?

Type: Lesson
Region:
Arctic
Antarctic
Completion Time: More than a week
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Students will undertake a long term project to evaluate the effectiveness of different local forecasters, match the forecast with the actual weather and analyze which forecaster is best....

Who Are These People?

Type: Lesson
Region:
Arctic
Antarctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview This activity is designed to make a connection between a group of scientists and the students. Objective Students will learn that scientists are people too. Preparation The teacher will...

Where is the World's Water?

Type: Lesson
Region:
Arctic
Antarctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Students will calculate and measure out equivalent amounts of water to model the distribution of the world’s water supply. Objective Students will be able to compare the amounts of water and...

The Mystery of the Destroyed Weather Station

Type: Lesson
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview Students use data and pictures of a destroyed wind sensor, to develop a theory of what happened to the station. They then develop a plan to make sure the station is not destroyed again....

Where In the World Is Our Teacher?

Type: Lesson
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview Students will use maps to track the teacher's location. Objective Students will be able to use latitude and longitude to find locations on a map. They will be able to identify locations...