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Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice Resources

Teacher Prepares for Antarctic Odyssey

Type: Article
Region: Antarctic
Date: 23 September 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: n/a
Description: PolarTREC teacher, Lindsay Knippenberg, describes her upcoming trip in this short video/article news feature available online.

McMurdo Station with Lindsay Knippenberg

Type: Event
Region: Antarctic
Date: 12 November 2009
Description: This Live from IPY! Event was was held with Lindsay Knippenberg who discussed her recent research on the Microorganisms in Antarctic Glacier Ice expedition in the Dry Valleys.

South Lake teacher to explore Antarctica

Type: Article
Region: Antarctic
Date: 30 September 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: Article about Lindsay Knippenberg's PolarTREC expedition to Antarctica.

Is There Salt in a Glacier?

Type: Lesson
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview For this experiment, we are going to melt dirty ice (ice with lots of sediment/dirt in it) and clean ice (ice without sediment) from the Taylor Glacier. After we melt the ice, we are going...

Do Microorganisms Live in Antarctica?

Type: Lesson
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview We know that we have lots of microorganisms growing where we live, but can microorganisms like bacteria also live in the harsh, cold, dry climate of Antarctica? Part of our research project...

Who Will Melt First?

Type: Lesson
Region: Antarctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Overview Even in Antarctica ice will melt. As the sun stays higher and higher in the sky as summer progresses, the warm sun causes the ice to melt. The questions that we are going to ask are: 1)...