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Bering Ecosystem Study 08 Resources

Coast Guard Cutter Healy to Deploy

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 5 March 2008
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Story from online website, military.com about the USCGC Healy deploying to the Arctic. During the deployment, Healy will travel more than 25,000 miles and conduct more than 2,000 individual science...

Notes on an Adventure

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 3 August 2008
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: Arizona Daily Sun article about Jillian Worssam's PolarTREC experience on the USCGC Healy in the Bering Sea. Article created from journal excerpts, and was published on 3 August 2008.

Polar Focus Fascinated Project New Start

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 4 April 2008
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Article about PolarTREC teacher Jillian Worssam and her classroom project, Project New Start. This is an article from the Arizona Daily Sun.

Bering Ecosystem Study '08 with Jillian Worrssam, Bering Sea

Type: Event
Region: Arctic
Date: 28 July 2008
Description: Live event with Jillian Worssam and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy. This event was about the BEST project with presentations about zooplankton and their role in the Bering Sea ecosystem.

Bering Ecosystem Study '08 with Jillian Worssam, Bering Sea

Type: Event
Region: Arctic
Date: 21 July 2008
Description: This is a Live from IPY event with PolarTREC teacher Jillian Worssam and researchers aboard the USCGC Healy, from the Bering Sea, from 21 July, 2008. Researchers presented on the BEST expedition and...

Rings of Life

Type: Lesson
Region: Arctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: Elementary and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview Rings of life is a comparative lesson allowing students to investigate growth rings in walleye Pollock from the Bering Sea and Ponderosa Pine trees. Objectives Students will be able to...

Water is Life

Type: Lesson
Region:
Arctic
Antarctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: Elementary and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview This lesson introduces students to krill, their importance in ocean ecosystems, and the physical structures that make up the krill body. The students will then use the principles of a "...

Welcome to the Bering Sea: An Introductory PowerPoint

Type: Lesson
Region: Arctic
Completion Time: Less than 1 period
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: n/a
Description: Overview The following PowerPoint presentation is part of an anticipatory set used to excite and introduce students to the many wonders of the Bering Sea. The PowerPoint is to be presented at the...

Polar Profiles

Type: Lesson
Region:
Arctic
Antarctic
Completion Time: About a week
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Students will develop an understanding of what it takes to interview scientists, and take the corresponding data and reformat it into an electronic medium. Objective Students will be...