Annual Report for Susy Ellison
January 15, 2003 - January 15, 2004

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Field Experience

Were you in the field this season? Yes

Dates in the Field: October 1-December 13, 2003

Approximate Number of Student E-mails: 60+/-

Approximate Number of Teacher E-mails: 30+/-

Apporximate Number of Other E-mails: 100+/-

Approximate Countries Represented: 2

Additional Comments: I loved every minute of my experience. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been selected for this program. Now I am just trying to figure out how I can get back down there!

Did you maintain a daily (or as often as possible) electronic journal while in the field? Yes

Is your journal complete? Yes

Continued Collaboration with Research Team Members

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: I am planning to continue collaborating with my team mates this winter. If all works out, one or two of them will travel here to work with my students for a week sometime this winter. We will focus on using photographs and weights collected during the field season to show how an algorithm will be developed to help predict seal weights from photographs. in addition, we talked briefly about developing a long-term collaborative effort between the seal project and a group of high school students that will receive data during upcoming field seasons. i will be talking with Bob Garrott this winter to see how we can pursue this project.

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year? No

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc? 1. Presentations I gave presentations at 3 different schools before I left--Glenwood Elementary School (1st, 3rd, and 5th grade), Kathryn Senor Elementary School (4th grade), Wellspring Treatment Program (middle school)

I gave a presentation to the BOCES supervisory team (superintendents, principals)--this is our equivalent of a Board of Education

I will be making presentations to my local community via talks at the public library, an interview on our community radio station, clasroom presentations at local elementary and secondary schools as well as at the community college, and through slide shows for groups in our valley.

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: Mike Podmore

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 44

Name: Leigh McGown-Kauffman

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 8

Name: Diana Davis

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 44

Have you submitted your TEA Collaborative Learning Group Annual Report? Yes

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: 1

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: 2 individual presentations/orientations to get her interested in the TEA program 5/19/03, 9/4/03 Glenwood Springs Elementary School 4 parcticipants (one chose to become a TEA associate)

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc. 5/1/03 Classroom presentations (2) to Gifted and Talented Students (grades 3-5) and 5th grade class 30 attendees

9/22/03 Classroom presentation/antarctica overview 5th grade 40 students 9/22/03 Classroom presentation/antarctica overview 1st grade 30students 9/22/03 Classroom presentation/antarctica overview 1st grade 30 students 9/23/03 Classroom presentation/antarctica overview 4th grade 30 students

9/22/03 Radio Interview on KDNK community radio station

11/1/03 Real Audio session from Antarctica for TEA polar conference 12/1/03 Real Audio session from Antarctica 12/8/03 Real Audio session from Antarctica

Have you presented to your local board of education this year? Yes

Activities Development

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? No

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? No

Has this activity been submitted to the TEA Web Site? No

Other Classroom Connections: My 1st quarter reading group read South, Shackleton's journal from the Endurance. For their final project they created a board game that incorporated events from the book.

Prior to leaving for Antarctica I taught a 1/4 credit class for science/social studies credit about Antarctica. The class incorporated informal lecture with research assignments and student presentations and included following my journals once I was 'on the ice'.

While I was in Antarctica, interested students were given a passage to use that would guide them through following my journals and doing other antarctica-based activities to earn credit. On Monday morning 'all school' meetings students went over my journals from the previous week and generated a group email to send me with questions and comments.

I am a 'co-host' of the ECW gear that is in our area.

Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives? No

Have you submitted 20 digital images to the TEA Archive with electronic captions? No

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Archive? No

Release Days

Number of Release Days Covered by School/District for TEA Program/Activities: parts of 3 days

Dates: 5/1/03, 9/22/03, 9/23/03

Reasons for Release: presentations for local elementary school

Approximate Daily Rate of Substitute and Number of Substitute Days: other teachers covered for me, no substitute needed

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District/Corporation

Permanent Materials and Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District for the TEA Program

Other Grants

Other Shared Costs

plan and help host polar conference, attend NSTA conference in Atlanta in April ( I hope), numerous presentations throughout my local community