Polar-ICE Sci-I Project 2017-18 Cohort Resources

The Polar-ICE Sci-I Project 2017-18 cohort included a fantastic group of 19 middle and early high school educators from New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, and central California.

Below is information about participating educators, project resources, evaluation resources, workshop activities, and media coverage with respect to the Sci-I Project 2017-18. Additional information for participating educators could be found in the shared Google Folder for the project.

Participating Educators:

School Location Teacher(s)
 Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School  Missouri  Bill Henske and Allison Hoffman
 St. Joseph’s Academy  Missouri  Katie Lodes and Rose Davidson
 Columbus Preparatory Academy  Ohio  Joanna Kaliker and Amy Reichenbach
 Lincoln Middle School  New Jersey  Patricia Hester-Fearon and Jackie Galella
 Collier High School  New Jersey  Linda Librizzi and Nancy Santana
 McKinley Community School  New Jersey  Jacky McCurdy, Nengi Hallidy, and Allison Bolsius
 Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child  New Jersey  Regina Neiman
 Hope Academy Charter School  New Jersey  Tonya Hassel
 Chalone Peaks Middle School  California  Sue Morrow
 Preston Middle School  Colorado  Amanda Morrison and Mary Hunter Laszlo
 American Fork High School  Utah  Kevin Dickerson

Resources:

To access the announcement flyer, click here.

Project Resources:

  • Explanation for Project Components & Participants Expectations
  • PAL-LTER (Palmer Long Term Ecological Research) Background Information
  • The PAL-LTER sampling grid area is 260,000 km2
    • California is 423,970 km2, so the PAL-LTER sampling grid area is equivalent to ~42% of all of California
    • Colorado is 269,837 km2, so the PAL-LTER sampling grid area is equivalent to ~67% of all of Utah
    • Missouri is 180,540 km2, making it virtually the same size as the PAL-LTER sampling grid area
    • New Jersey is 22,591 km2, so New Jersey could fit inside the PAL-LTER sampling grid area ~8 times
    • Ohio is 116,098 km2, so the Ohio could fit inside the PAL-LTER sampling grid area 1.6 times
    • Utah is 219,890 km2, so the PAL-LTER sampling grid area is equivalent to ~82% of all of Utah

Polar Data Resources:

Open-Ended Science Investigation Resources:

Student Polar Research Symposium Resources: (remember to check out the SPRS webpage)

Evaluation Resources:

Sci-I Project 2017-18 Evaluation Documents:

Workshop Activities:

Data Activities:

Other Activities: