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Annual Report for Jerri Lynn Hollyfield
January 15, 2003 - January 15, 2004

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1. Interaction

Field Experience

Were you in the field this season? Yes

Dates in the Field: April1-May12

Approximate Number of Student E-mails: 500

Approximate Number of Teacher E-mails: 500

Apporximate Number of Other E-mails: 50

Approximate Countries Represented: 2

Additional Comments: I received about 25 e-mails a day for 6 weeks. I grew and developed as a science teacher, but this experience also taught me so much more about myslef as well. I gained skills that I didn't know I would gain or ever use again, but have!It was a very rewarding experience. I would love to go back.

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: August - Research team reunion - we had dinner together, talked about the research there and the direction it is moving into now back home, and each one of us prepared and showed a power point presentation of our experience. Sept-Saw Dr.McClintock and spoke to him about upcoming and recent past community presentations about the research accompplished there. Oct-Spoke with Dr. Chuck Amsler about coming to the school to share and updated him on community presentations. Dec-Spoke with Maggie Amsler about some research questions I had about what was learned after I came home- I'm working on some lessons and needed the info.

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year? Yes

2. Community / Colleague Outreach

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc? Presentations Workshops Conferneces Inservice/Professional Development Days

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: David Cordes

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: daily

Name: Paula Cordes

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: weekly

Name: Dee Hellmers

Active? No

Contact Hours: about 1 hour

Name: Sarah van Os

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: daily

Have you submitted your TEA Collaborative Learning Group Annual Report? No

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: 1

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: David Cordes and Sarah van Os teach with me. David and I team teach together. He has 5th grade and I have third. We have partnered each one of his students with one of mine and those children work together daily for an hour on various science research learning projects. Sarah is a very skillful reading teacher. Sarah and I have partnered together to create reading lessons for children focusing on their interests in science to help improve their reading skills.

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc. March 2003 Anticipating Antarctica 100 Fenlon Literary Club Feb 4 Anticipating Antarctica 100 JASON Project Live Telecast EEAA Confernece March 6-8 Anticipating Antarctica 25 March 11 Glenwood Elementary Anticipating Antarctica 50 Real Audio Sessions April 10,11, and 17 About 60 children/faculty members parcticipated each time from my school and about 60 parcticipants from the other schools.

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

3. Classroom Transfer

Activities Development

Title: Beluga Whales/Camouflage

Description:
studies how belugas use camouflage to find food

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

Title: Penguins, Popsicles, and All Things Polar

Description:
researches how brown algae is not preyed upon in Antarctic waters

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

Title: Climate and Krill

Description:
researches how climate affects krill reproduction and penguin population warmer climate less krill less food for penguins

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

Other Classroom Connections: Trip to Cahaba River to study water quality Study of endangered animals in polar regions Tectonic plates - earthquake study- there was an earthquake in Bham while I was in Antarctica and the seismograph there picked it up

4. Other TEA Activity Involvement

e-mailed and partnered and shared information with other TEA's that were in the field at the same time I was. TEA Associate Jerry Loomer and I went on a field institute in Alaska together working with researchers. I mentored Dee Hellmers on her application to the TEA program.

Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives? Yes

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