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High Arctic Change 08 Resources

Hands on experience in climate research

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 15 July 2008
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: This article highlights the REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Students upcoming fieldwork at Kapp Linne. The students, researchers, and PolarTREC teacher, Missy Holzer, spent a few days at...

High Arctic Change with Missy Holzer, Svalbard, Norway

Type: Event
Region: Arctic
Date: 6 August 2008
Completion Time: About 1 period
Description: This Live from IPY! event was held with Missy Holzer, REU Students, and researchers Mike Retelle and Al Werner from Svalbard, Norway. Missy and the team discussed the glacier-river-lake system in...

Earth Science Institute with Missy Holzer from Svalbard

Type: Event
Region: Arctic
Date: 4 August 2008
Description: This Live from IPY Event was conducted with the Earth Science Teachers Institute at Liberty Science Center. Missy Holzer and the REU Team presented about their geologic research in Svalbard, Norway.

What Can We Learn from Sediments?

Type: Lesson
Region: Arctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: High school and Up
Permission: Download
Description: Overview In this activity students learn about varves, annual sediment layers found in lakes. Students will analyze authentic varve data from New England in order to correlate data from three...

Global Snow Cover Changes

Type: Lesson
Region: Arctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download
Description: Overview This lesson allows students to use online mapping tools to investigate global snow cover changes. Students develop a problem statement about global snow cover and then use mapping tools to...