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Annual Report for Tina Marie King
Were you in the field this season?
Yes
Dates in the Field:
November 2, 2001to December 20, 2001
Number of Student E-mails:
Unsure...Several students said that they emailed me, but I never got their email. I don't know how many students emailed me. I did have limited computer connections while I was in the field. The first time I came back to McMurdo for a two or three day period, I had 106 emails. Many from students and teachers. I had a limited time in McMurdo to answer everything, as well as to get out my journal entries, which could not be submitted from the field. I rarely slept when I came into McMurdo because I stayed on the computer. It will take me hours to figure this out if I have to go back to look up this information. I do know that I have spent hours and hours for months and months corresponding with everyone from students to teachers to home-school parents.
Number of Teacher E-mails:
Unsure (100's)
Number of Other E-mails:
Unsure (100's)
Countries Represented:
Germany, Syria, Australia, New Zealand
Additional Comments:
I have spent hours on the computer every night (since my acceptance into the TEA program) corresponding with students, teachers, interested people, and scientists. I have heard from people all over the country. Several teachers had their students send in questions, or email me for a class project. One teacher asked to use some of my photos for their school web page. I brought a geo-bear from Betty Trummel's 4th grade class and a geo-pig from a 1st grade class in Woodhaven, IL. Some teachers mailed a question per student, or some students wrote individual notes. I write so many emails, it is hard to determine how many I have answered. The last week in the field, I worked 100% on the project, and I did not do any emails or journal entries. When I came back into McMurdo, I emailed quite a bit! I did not write in my journal at this time because my computer screen couldn't show the photos I was taking on my camera. (My computer experienced a lot of power surges in the field camp and in my room at McMurdo, so I don't know if this was the problem.) Many days I would take over a 100 pictures a day, I knew the photos were coming out, but I couldn't properly view the photos. I opted to spend time interviewing as many people as I could (scientists and people who support science) while I was in McMurdo. I met with the Exploratorium,NSF, the CARA group who went to the South Pole, a scientist who studied sea algae, the LTER group, the manager for the power plant and the desalination plant, firefighters, the Fleet Op Foreman who supervised the Pegasus runway, and many interesting people. I knew that I would probably only have this one opportunity to come to Antarctica, so I wanted to spend the time experiencing as much as I could. I know that I am a "Type A" personality, and this very thing will push me to write every last journal after I arrived home. It won't leave my mind until it's done. I still have two weeks of journal entries to write. I am writing them and sending them to many of the people to read before I post them. I am also going through hundreds and hundreds of photos to decide on which ones to put with the entries. I will post Dec. 20th to let people know that I made it back home, then I will go back and fill in the missing dates. I arrived home on Dec. 22nd after flying 36 hours home from Antarctica. The journal entries should be submitted within a month. I need closure with the journal entries before I begin all of the upcoming presentations.
Did you maintain a daily (or as often as possible) electronic journal while in the field?
Yes
Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members
Date:
December and January, 2002
Location:
Tennessee, Antarctica, Switzerland, and Duke Univesity
Type of Interaction: I am corresponding with the scientists still in the field. Dr. Sam Bowser and Dr. Sergei Korsun have written several times (updates from the field). Dr. Neal Pollock from Duke University, one of the scientist on the team, is back in North Carolina. He asked me to send a list of my scheduled presentations. If possible, he will try to come to make a presentation with me. Since he is one of the divers and he's collected forams for 5 or 6 field experiences in Antarctica, the students and teachers would love him! Dr. Jan Pawlowski from Switzerland had also emailed me. The scientists in the field are extremely busy, so for now, I am basically getting updates. More collaboration will be made after they leave the field. I think Dr. Bowser and Dr. Pollock will come to visit my students in the near future. Since I just returned from the field, it is too soon to respond to this question. I was very fortunate to have six amazing team members.
How are you sharing your research experience with students?
I just walked back into my classroom on January 2nd after being gone for two months. I have shown them pictures, told many stories, referred back to my journal entry, and told them about other TEA projects in the field. Two students took it upon themselves to compare Emperor Penguins with the King Penguins, just because they wanted to know. I showed them how to do a Venn Diagram, and they took it a step further by bringing in a display board to do a poster to present to the class. They went home to look up information on their computers at home, and they have requested to "please" stay after school to work on it! Antarctica has a way to bring a real learning experience to students. I love the way it motivates the students to want to learn more. One student wants to study about ice, so we will do some "ice experiments". My students will be testing one ice experiment that my TEA Associate, Bob King, is working on with me. My students take daily atmosphere measurements at our school, so it was only natural that they wanted to know the temperatures in McMurdo and the South Pole. Since I've been back at school, the students check the computer to find the temperatures in Antarctica before taking the temperature at our school. When we come in, they graph this data on a line graph. I believe that students should integrate math, social studies, writing, and reading along with science. The students are also working on journals. They didn't do this while I was gone, but I'd like them to continue what I started before I left. I did bring back some specimens of the foraminifera to view under a microscope. I also brought back some frozen marine sediment. When the students settle back down, I would like for my students to study this.
Mentoring/Collaborative Mentoring Team
Name:
Bob King
Active?
Yes
Contact Hours:
150 + hours
Active?
Yes
Contact Hours:
10 hours
Contact Hours:
8 hours
Number of Associates in local network:
3
Type of Interaction:
Note submitted to Stephanie Shipp
Presentations and Real Audio Sessions
Have you presented to your local poard of education? (first year)
Yes
Title:
Temperature Comparison
Description:
Title:
Ice Activity, still being tested
Description:
Have these activities been submitted to the Web for posting?
No
Activity: Last year at NSTA, I made two presentations to Presidential Award winners and to teachers who came to the poster presentation. I feel that it is important to draw the best to the TEA experience because they represent teachers in America. The TEA program is strenghtened by bringing in enthusiastic, self-motivated, and hard working teachers. At the same time, many outstanding teachers aren't aware of this opportunity. My goal is to make them aware. I just returned from the field, so I am still getting all of my photos and slides back. This will be coming to you within the next few days. I will need to decide on the slides and photos and get copies.
Have you submitted all press-related materials concerning your TEA experience to the TEA Archives?
No
Have you submitted 20 slides to the TEA Archive? (first year)
No
Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Arichive? (first year)
No
Dates:
March 2001, 2002
Reasons for Release:
NSTA,, Professional leave, two days
Approximate Daily Rate of Substitute:
$87.50
TEA Meetings Covered by School/District
Names of Meetings:
CRREL Orientation, also TEA presentation with Betty Trummel in Nashville
Dates:
August 12, 2000, release from Inservice; Sept. 28, 2001 Professional leave
Approximate Cost of Travel Expenses:
$87.50
Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District
Type of Equipment:
Note to Stephanie Shipp
Other Shared Costs
I will be making four presentations at NSTA in San Diego concerning TEA, and I will help host the booth. I will mentor teachers and work to bring polar activites into the classroom.
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