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IceCube In Ice Antarctic Telescope Resources

Physics teacher to journey from Belmont to the bottom of the world

Type: Article
Region: Antarctic
Date: 16 January 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: n/a
Description: About this time next year, Casey O'Hara, Carlmont High School physics teacher, will experience extreme subzero temperatures, 24 hours of intense sunlight and 10,000 feet of elevation. He'll travel to...

Physics teacher to spend month in Antarctica

Type: Article
Region: Antarctic
Date: 16 November 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: This article from the San Mateo Daily Journal is about Casey O'Hara's upcoming expedition to Antarctica. You can visit the article here.

Outside teachers train in Fairbanks for Antarctic trips

Type: Article
Region: Antarctic
Date: 1 March 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download and Share
Description: FAIRBANKS — A group of high school science and math teachers who could help unlock the secrets of the universe were in Fairbanks last week. The five teachers, who come from all over the Lower 48 as...

Belmont science teacher heads to South Pole

Type: Article
Region: Antarctic
Date: 16 November 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: This article from the San Francisco Chronicle is about Casey O'Hara's upcoming expedition to Antarctica. It also includes some great photos from a pre-expedition icecream making lab. You can visit...

South Pole Station with Casey O'Hara and the IceCube Team

Type: Event
Region: Antarctic
Date: 11 December 2009
Description: This was a real-time event with PolarTREC teacher Casey O'Hara being broadcast from the South Pole Station, Antarctica. Casey presented on the IceCube telescope project and covered a bit about life...

IceCube - National Geographic Weekend Radio segment

Type: Audio
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: Less than 1 period
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download and Share
Description: .mp3 file of National Geographic Weekend Radio program, hosted by Boyd Matson. Interview with Casey O'Hara about his upcoming trip to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole

Graphing Penny Isotopes

Type: Lesson
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: Elementary and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Students will individually weigh a random sample of pennies. The data will be graphed to look for patterns, then explanations will be sought to explain these patterns. Some of the key...

South Pole Ice Cream!

Type: Lesson
Region:
Arctic
Antarctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Elementary and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Before leaving for the South Pole in late 2009, I received many suggestions for things to try down under. Liz Ratliff’s math classes suggested we try making ice cream! So, before I left, I...