Middle-school students can access this website to:

• use a route map of Shackleton’s expedition to navigate to investigations
• study a time-line of Antarctic Explorers
• study maps and aerial views of Antarctica in an online image gallery, individually or in a side-by-side view (Investigation 1, Exploring and Discovering)
• measure seasonal change in sea ice using an online grid (Investigation 2, Exploring and Discovering)
• watch a quick-time movie of seasonal change in sea ice (Investigation 2, Extension Activity)
• use an online solar calculator to obtain data and an online tool to graph the angle of the sun in their home town over a year’s time compared to data from Antarctica (Investigation 2, Looking Closer)
• graph cooling and heating curves derived from insulation and reflectivity experiments (Investigation 4, Exploring and Discovering)
• type their answers on line for all record sheets

Teachers can:

• Access and print all the science content and technology background they need for teaching
• Evaluate student assessments that accompany each investigation with scoring rubrics
• Print all record sheets, readings and assessments from PDF downloads

Alaska Rural Research Partnership (ARRP): Alaska EPSCOR Education Outreach Program
http://www.alaska.edu/epscor/
The goal of ARRP is to enrich science education in rural schools, encourage rural students to consider science and engineering careers, and involve more rural students in scientific research activities in their villages. Students or classes of students are partnered with University of Alaska scientists and other scientists as they conduct research projects. EPSCOR is NSF funded.

Ecology Curriculum Reform: Integrating innovative teaching and global change technology: San Diego State University (see also the PISCES program)
http://www.sdsa.org/pisces/
The Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education includes links to the PISCES, Partnerships Involving the Scientific Community in Elementary Schools, program in San Diego, California and Barrow, Alaska. The goal of the center is to improve elementary science with specific activities for educators of kindergarten through eighth grade students.

GLOBE Program
http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html
Educators, scientists, students and the general public can join this national and international program. There are various resources for everyone, such as a teacher’s guide that includes lessons, activities, protocols, labs, etc. for all the components of the Earth’s system. For scientists, there is a "scientist corner," in which site visitors can meet the scientists participating in this program, view and learn about the instruments used, and read various articles about the research being conducted in the Poles. Archived GLOBE data on various areas of investigations are available to everyone.

Observing Locally, Connecting Globally (OLCG) also known as Global Change Education Using Western Science and Native Knowledge
http://www.uaf.edu/olcg
OLCG provides Alaska teachers and students the opportunity to engage in original global change research based on local observations and knowledge and western science (GLOBE and other climate change research in Alaska), and to translate such research into meaningful classroom activities and student learning. Native elders and other local experts, scientists and educators are also involved in this NSF-funded program.

Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSSC): Alaska
http://www.pwssc.gen.ak.us/pwssc/pwssc.html
The Prince William Sound Science Center conducts studies on the ecology in southeastern Alaska. It has recently expanded to educate students and the general public, offering monthly elementary education programs that include field trips, projects, and lectures.

Schoolyard Long Term Ecological Research (SLTER) Project at Bonanza Creek LTER
http://www.lter.uaf.edu/sylter/schoolyard.htm
http://www.lter.uaf.edu
K-12 students are involved in long-term ecological research providing unique experiences inside and outside the classroom in this NSF funded program.