Originally presented 16 Sep 2006
The Earth2Class Workshops this fall will feature two special themes: “International Polar Year” and “Helping Students Interpret Data”. During the 2007 – 2008 IPY, thousands of scientists from all over the world will conduct large- and small-scale studies of the Arctic and Antarctic. Our opening Workshop will provide insights about one of the largest international programs underway to gather evidence that will help us understand Antarctica’s geological history.
Our guest scientist is Trevor Williams, who will soon depart to participate in ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing). This is a multinational collaboration comprised of more than 200 scientists, students, and educators from five nations (Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic margin using Cape Roberts Project (CRP) technology. The chief objective is to drill back in time to recover a history of paleoenvironmental changes that will guide our understanding of how fast, how large, and how frequent were glacial and interglacial changes in the Antarctica region. Future scenarios of global warming require guidance and constraint from past history that will reveal potential timing frequency and site of future changes.
For more information: http://andrill.org/about/index.html
Our “Educational Applications” session in the afternoon will focus partly on using E2C online resources, and partly on sharing among E2C participants.
Introduction to this Workshop
The introductory slide show presented by Dr. Passow can be viewed as a: pptx .
“Heath Earth Science” (Spaulding & Namowitz)
Glaciers: ch. 11
“Glencoe Earth Science”
Glaciers: Ch. 8
“Prentice Hall” (Tarbuck & Lutgens)
Glaciers: ch. 7
“Amsco” (McGuire)
Glaciers: ch. 14
Cutting-Edge Research
Dr. Trevor Williams is one of Lamont’s “Renaissance Men”–both a gifted scientist and also an accomplished painter. You can see some of his artwork here and here. He has also produced a set of “Water Movies.”
Trevor earned his B.Sc. at Durham University and Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh. He was part of the Borehole Research Group at Leicester University, before joining the Lamont Borehole Research Group in 1999 as a Log Analyst. He has participated in six legs of the Ocean Drilling Project between 1996 and 2005. Trevor will soon depart for Antarctica to participate in ANDRILL, about which he will talk in today’s Workshop.
ANDRILL is the newest geological drilling program in the ongoing effort to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic region. ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) is a multinational collaboration comprised of more than 200 scientists, students, and educators from five nations (Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic margin using Cape Roberts Project (CRP) technology. The chief objective is to drill back in time to recover a history of paleoenvironmental changes that will guide our understanding of how fast, how large, and how frequent were glacial and interglacial changes in the Antarctica region. Future scenarios of global warming require guidance and constraint from past history that will reveal potential timing frequency and site of future changes. You can learn more about ANDRILL here.
Classroom Resources
ANDRILL in the Classroom:
http://www.andrill.org/education/classroom/index.html
Project Iceberg (ANDRILL Education & Outreach Portal)
http://www.andrill.org/iceberg/index.php
Autosub Under Ice: 18 September – 6 October 2006
Webconference and Online Workshop for Educators:
http://coexploration.net/autosub/index.html
Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic
TEA Classroom Activities:
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_classroommaterials.html
Other Resources for This Topic
ANDRILL
Home: http://andrill.org/
About: http://andrill.org/about/index.html
Science and Technology: http://andrill.org/science/index.html
Education: http://andrill.org/education/arise/index.html
Key Personnel: http://andrill.org/contacts/index.html
All About Antarctica:
http://andrill.org/about/antarctica/index.html
INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) 2007 – 2008
Home: http://www.ipy.org/
About: http://www.ipy.org/about/what-is-ipy.htm
History of IPY: http://www.ipy.org/development/history.htm
Links to IPY sponsors and other polar organizations:
http://www.ipy.org/links/
Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic
TEA ARMADA PROJECT:
http://tea.armadaproject.org/index.html
Meet the Teachers:
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_meetteachers.html
TEA Classroom Activities:
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_classroommaterials.html
Integrating Educational Technologies
Technology in Education
Thinking out of the Box
In order for you to make the best use of E2C materials, we have prepared a technology integration curriculum for you to follow. In each workshop, you will have some activities and/or readings to do to reflect on how you can best use all this technology in your classroom.
This first part was designed for you to start thinking about how deep the changes are in the educational process, now that we have more and more technology coming into our classrooms. How does technology affect you? How does it affect your students? Is it worth the trouble? Do the activities below and find out!
- Activity 1: Breaking paradigms
- Discussion / reflection: What did this activity make you think about in relation to using computers in your classroom?
- Presentation: read the following material to start thinking about how to integrate technology into your classroom:
- Teaching with Technology PowerPoint (start by reading Dr. Seuss’ technical manual)
- Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index.html
- Extra material: Introductory Presentation