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Ocean Atmosphere Sea Ice and Snowpack Interactions Resources

A Trip of a Lifetime

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 15 March 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: Excerpt: Almost every student at Wilson has probably heard of Mrs. Wilkening, a seventh grade teacher with a mad passion for science. She keeps her science classes alive with her eccentric and fun...

Amphitheater School District Newsletter

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 1 March 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download and Share
Description: OASIS Expedition discussed on Page 5 of district-wide newsletter that went home to families.

Thrills and chills are in store for Wilson teacher

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 12 March 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download
Description: Article from the Arizona Daily Star highlighting Betsy Wilkening's PolarTREC expedition to Barrow, Alaska.

Snow Business

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 27 September 2009
Grade Level: All Ages
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Betsy Wilkening's PolarTREC expedition with OASIS is highlighted in University of Arizona College of Engineering newsletter.

Barrow, Alaska with Betsy Wilkening

Type: Event
Region: Arctic
Date: 2 April 2009
Description: This Live from IPY! event was held with PolarTREC teacher, Betsy Wilkening and University of California Davis researcher, Harry Beine who are studying the interactions between snow, atmosphere, ice...

Bioaccumulation of Toxins

Type: Lesson
Region: Arctic
Completion Time: About 1 period
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Students will use marshmallows to simulate toxins in the environment. Concentrations of these toxins will be modeled and calculated as they bioaccumulate up the food chain. Methylmercury and...

Why Can’t I Eat this Fish?

Type: Lesson
Region: Arctic
Completion Time: Less than a week
Grade Level: Middle School and Up
Permission: Download, Share, and Remix
Description: Overview Students will discover how a simple action such as turning on a television will lead to toxins in our food supply. Many of these toxins concentrate in the Arctic because of long-range...

Soluble, Light-absorbing Species in Snow at Barrow, Alaska

Type: Article
Region: Arctic
Date: 28 September 2011
Grade Level: High school and Up
Permission: Download and Share
Description: Teacher Betsy Wilkening and researchers publish an article in the Journal of Geophysical Research stemming from their work on the PolarTREC OASIS project.