IceCube In Ice Antarctic Telescope 2010 Resources

South Pole Bound Washington-Lee teacher to conduct research in Antarctica.

Type: Article

Date: Thu, 03/12/2009

Grade Level: All Ages

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Description: KATHERINE SHIREY prefers warm climates. She’s vacationed in Colombia, Costa Rica, Belize and other tropical locales. But in January 2011, this Washington-Lee High School physics teacher will be...

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IceCube in-ice Telescope with Katey Shirey

Type: Event

Date: Mon, 12/06/2010

Description: PolarConnect event with PolarTREC Teacher Katey Shirey who worked on the IceCube in-ice telescope at the South Pole Stations, Antarctica.

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IceCube in-ice Telescope with Katey Shirey

Type: Event

Date: Thu, 12/02/2010

Description: This PolarConnect event with PolarTREC Teacher, Katey Shirey talks about the IceCube project and living and working at the South Pole Station in Antarctica.

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Almost Fool-Proof Cloud Chamber

Type: Activity

Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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Description: Overview This activity is a way to create a cloud chamber in the classroom. A cloud chamber allows students to view "invisible" alpha particles emitted through nuclear decay. Alpha particles have a...

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How do you get chosen to be a researcher at the South Pole?

Type: Video

Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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Description: This video is one in a series of Antarctic Answers that were recorded for showing to high schoolers. The video is 29 seconds long and could be showed as a warm up question about how to become a...

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Julie Katch

Type: Polar Profile

Description: Excerpt from Katey Shirey's PolarTREC journal about Julie Katch, a draftsman working in Antarctica: I returned to McMurdo Station from the South Pole and got my new room assignment, a shared 5 bed...

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Solar Oven Science

Type: Activity

Grade Level: All Ages

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Description: Overview The Solar Oven Science activity was developed as a way to target conservation of energy. Some students understand that he sun can be used for heating and cooking but they mistakenly think...

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