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Dr. Jenny Baeseman Arctic Research Consortium of
the US Association of Polar Early Career
Scientists
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The McMurdo Dry Valleys
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Valley of the Dead - Robert F. Scott, 1903

• Glaciers
• Streams
• Lakes
• Lots of Sand and Rocks
• Petrified Seals and Penguins

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Where there is Water,
There is LIFE !!!
Its just little

• Collombola
• Mites
• Nematodes
• Lichens
• Moss
• Microorganisms

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Charlie
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Stream Microbial Communities
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Why do we care?
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Nematodes
Borchgrevinchi
Algae
New Species
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• Climate Change
• Effects Biology too!

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Involving Students and Teachers
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Involving Students and Teachers

• Ask the Experts

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Involving Students and Teachers

• Ask the Experts
• Rule Teachers monitor the questions
• avoids repetitions
• higher level questions--not ones asking the
  scientists to do the research for the students.
• Examples
• Good--I found conflicting information
  about_________. Could you tell me what you are
  finding?
• Not so goodCould you tell me everything you
  know about global warming?

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Involving Students and Teachers

• Students do Parallel Science

Taking stream chemistry in Canada Stream, Taylor
Valley
Students checking stream chemistry in Naperville,
IL
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Involving Students and Teachers

• Scientists visit classrooms

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Involving Students and Teachers

• Teachers and students doing the research

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The Globe Programhttp//www.globe.gov
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The Global Snowflake Networkhttp//education.gsfc
.nasa.gov/gsn/start.html
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Andrill Research Immersion for Science Educators
ARISEhttp//www.andrill.org/arise/
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PolarTREChttp//www.polartrec.org

• To invigorate polar science education by bringing
  K-12 educators and IPY researchers together
  through hands-on field experiences.
• Arctic or Antarctic Field Research Experience
• Professional Development
• Classroom Public Connections
• Sustained Community Support

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Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
APECShttp//arcticportal.org/apecs

• An international and interdisciplinary
  organization for undergraduate and graduate
  students, postdoctoral researchers, early faculty
  members and educators with interests in polar
  regions and the cryosphere.

partnership with PolarTREC to develop an online
community where teachers and young researchers
can connect and work together
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Best Outreach Tool...
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Important Resources

• Global Warming 101 www.globalwarming101.com
• Great information, lesson plans, teacher
  workshops
• Taking IT Global www.takingitglobal.org
• Action network for youth
• IPY Days www.ipy.org
• Quarterly activities and connections to new
  research results and classroom activities
• Blogs from Research Groups in the Field

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http//www.decadeofed.org