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  Region: Arctic

  Grade Level: Elementary and Up

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  How to Make Diatoms

  Fun art activity recreating a diatom - a main type of phytoplankton found in the Bering Sea.
  
  

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  Region: Arctic | Antarctic

  Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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  Polar Explorer Activity

  A simple craft activity where students research an Arctic or Antarctic explorer and make index cards with pictures and information about the explorers on them. The cards are then connected by paper clips or string to make a dangling string for each explorer or expedition to be hung around the room.
  
  

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  Region: Arctic | Antarctic

  Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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  PolarTREC Reflection Journals

  Students follow PolarTREC expeditions, and create their own journals of scientific discovery along the way.
  
  

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  Region: Arctic | Antarctic

  Grade Level: Elementary and Up

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  PolarTREC Teacher / Researcher at Work

  What do polar researchers do? Explore this question and more with this interesting activity.
  
  

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  Region: Arctic

  Grade Level: Elementary and Up

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  Bedroom Archaeology - Surface Archaeology In Your Bedroom!!

  Become an Archaeologist While Cleaning Your Bedroom!! Fun for you and your room gets clean too!!
  
  

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  Region: Antarctic

  Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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  Model Making Mania

  Students create scaled models of the Taylor Valley glaciers and lakes (or any valley of your choice!). This lesson covers basic glacial features and has students reading and using Topo maps to construct a replica of Taylor Valley, Antarctica (or the valley of your choice!).
  
  

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  Region: Antarctic

  Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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  Pond Profile

  Students develop original research questions to assess the environmental conditions at a local pond (depth, temperature, light, turbidity, carbon dioxide levels, species diversity, pH, stratification (temp/light/biological) within the pond, etc. This lesson integrates the use of Probe-ware with inquiry-based methods and ecosystem dynamics.
  
  

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  Region: Arctic

  Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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  Sea Ice Presentation and Companion Quiz

  A fun, informative presentation on sea ice and a companion interactive quiz.
  
  

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  Region: Arctic | Antarctic

  Grade Level: Middle School and Up

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  Bolus Dissection

  Much like an owl pellet, a bolus is all the indigestible material that is “thrown up” by an albatross.
  
  

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  Region: Antarctic

  Grade Level: All Ages

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  Useful Links about Antarctica

  Explore Antarctica online!