Annual Report for Sandi Kolb
1999

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Field Experience

Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom in the last year? N/A

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc?

Date	Location	Type	# Attendees	Co-Presenters
May 27, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Orcas Island Elementary School, Orcas Island, Washington	Elementary School (Sloane’s grade 4/5th class)	26 students 2 adults
June 8, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Goodman Middle School, Gig Harbor, Washington	Middle School (Tremblay’s 6th -8th grade classes)	68 students 1 adult
Sept. 8, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	North Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club, Poulsbo, Washington	Community Presentation	28 adults	Lester Kolb addressed questions concerning South Pole communications technology and amateur radio technology
Sept. 23, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas	College: Botany class (Antarctic micro flora)	15 students 2 adults
Sept. 24, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas	College: Psychology class (Antarctic individual psychological adjustment, coping skills and culture shock)	45 students 2 adults
Sept. 24, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas	College: Physics class (physio-altitude, reading relative humidity, calculating wind chill and overview of South Pole meteorology)	22 students 8 adults (teachers and community members)
Sept. 24, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas	College: Sociology class (Antarctic coping skills, culture shock, and adjustment of community groups)	45 students 3 adults (teacher and community members)
Sept. 24, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas	College: Open Friday Forum	400 students, teachers, and community members
Oct. 5, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club, Chimacum, Washington	Community Presentation	26 adults	Lester Kolb addressed questions concerning South Pole communications technology and amateur radio technology
Oct 27, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Port Ludlow Resort Amateur Radio Club, Port Ludlow, Washington	Community Presentation	63 adults	Lester Kolb addressed questions concerning South Pole communications technology and amateur radio technology
Nov. 10, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Kiwanis Club, Silverdale, Washington	Community Presentation	14 adults
Nov. 16, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Poulsbo Elementary School, Poulsbo, Washington	Elementary School (four 6th grade classes)	121 students 9 adults (teachers and staff)
Nov. 18, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Clover Park High School, Lakewood, Washington	High school (six biology and environmental science classes)	185 students 3 adults (teachers)
Nov. 27, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Bainbridge Island Community Senior Center, Bainbridge Island, Washington	Community Presentation	15 adults
Dec. 13, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Fairview Junior High, Bremerton, Washington	Junior High School (Griffith’s and Henrichsen’s 7th grade science classes)	104 students 2 adults (teachers)
Dec. 14, 1999
Content: TEA activity implementation	Fairview Junior High, Bremerton, Washington	Junior High School (four 7th grade science classes)	104 students 2 adults (teachers)
Dec. 15, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Kiwanis Club, Silverdale, Washington	Community Presentation	15 adults
Dec. 16, 1999
Content: TEAntarctica: Life Styles and Science	Goodman Middle School, Gig Harbor, Washington	Middle School (Tremblay’s 6th-8th grade classes)	51 students 1 adult (teacher)
Dec. 17, 1999
Content: TEA activity implementation	Fairview Junior High, Bremerton, Washington	Junior High School, (four 7th grade science classes)	104 students 2 adults (teachers)

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: Valerie Sloane

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 274

Name: Rolf Tremblay

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 137 (Associate)

Name: Rick Griffith

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 35 (Associate)

Have you submitted your TEA Collaborative Learning Group Annual Report? N/A

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: 3

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants:

• Valerie Sloane successfully made application to the TEA Program and was a TEAntarctica in 1999.
• Rolf Tremblay, TEA Associate, made application to the TEAntarctic Program for 2000. Rolf has been active in the writing of TEA activities and implementing them into his science curriculum. Rolf and his students are interacting with TEAs in the field.
• Rick Griffith, TEA Associate, is currently implementing TEA activities into his science classes and those of his colleague, Ken Henrichsen. Rick is also interacting with TEAs as they are in the field and has collaborated with me on the writing of several TEA activities.

• Classroom visits and presentations (see "Presentations" above).
• Consultations via telephone, e-mail, and in-person.
• Collaborative TEA activity writing and assistance with implementation into existing curriculum.
• Leadership role in the Annual NW TEA and TEA Associate Planning Meeting at my home.
• Planning discussions for deployment to Antarctica and classroom interactions while in the Antarctic (Associate/TEA Valerie Sloane).
• Social interactions for the promotion of rapport and communications.

• Rolf Tremblay, TEA Associate, made application to the TEAntarctic Program for 2000. Rolf has been active in the writing of TEA activities and implementing them into his science curriculum. Rolf and his students are interacting with TEAs in the field. Rolf parcticipates in the Annual NW TEA and TEA Associate Planning Meetings at my home. I visit Rolf’s classes to present on Antarctic life styles and science.
• Rick Griffith, TEA Associate, is currently implementing TEA activities into his science classes and those of his colleague, Ken Henrichsen. Rick is also interacting with TEAs as they are in the field and has collaborated with me on the writing of several TEA activities. I visit Rick’s and Ken’s classes to present on Antarctic life styles and science and assist with the implementation of TEA activities.
• Terry Welch is working with implementing TEA activities related to weather and student use of the internet for retrieving polar weather data.

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Have you presented to your local board of education this year? N/A

Activities Development

Title: SKINNY REGIONS: An Investigation of Barometric Pressure andGravitational Pull

Description:
Students use the Internet to compare/contrast body weights at the S. Pole to different regions around the world.

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

Title: NUTRITION EXPEDITION: An Investigation of Nutritional Requirements under Extreme Conditions

Description:
Students plan a nutritionally correct menu for their body weight and nutritional requirements as if planning for their own expedition.

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

Title: TODAY’S FORECAST: Graphing Temperature Data

Description:
Students use Internet skills to find local and Antarctic weather data. They record this data, assemble it logically, graph and interpret it.

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

• Parcticipated in the NSTA Conference, Boston, March 24-28, 1999.
• NSTA 1999 booth host.
• NSTA 1999 attending assistant for presentations: "Classroom Antarctica!", "TEA", "Of Polar Bears and Penguins…and More!", and Terry Lashley and Betty Trummel’s presentation.
• Submitted NSTA Conference TEA feedback to Stephanie Shipp, April 1999.
• Submitted with Sue Bowman a presentation proposal for TEA at NSTA 2000, May 1999.
• Parcticipated and presented at the TEA Orientation Meeting, May 5-9, 1999, Arlington, VA.
• Planned and hosted the 2^nd Annual NW TEA and Associates Planning Meeting, May 22, 1999.
• Submitted agenda feedback reports to Stephanie Shipp and Wayne Sukow for the NW TEA and Associates Planning Meeting, June 2, 1999.
• Submitted outlines and drafts of 2 TEA activities with an application for parcticipation in the TEA AMNH NYC Activities Workshop, June 5, 1999.
• Submitted mentoring materials to Stephanie Shipp, June 6, 1999.
• Submitted the completed 1998-99 TEA Evaluation Form, June 21, 1999.
• Parcticipated and presented with the TEA Team at the AMNH Educator’s Summer Institute on Earth Sciences in NYC, July 6-8, 1999.
• Contributed mentoring materials for and parcticipated in the Mentoring Day at AMNH NYC, July 9, 1999.
• Parcticipated in the TEA NYC Activities Workshop by presenting and writing 2 new TEA activities and editing my activity of the previous year. Submitted a total of 3 activities for posting on the TEA website, July 11-18, 1999.
• Compiled and submitted "Tips for Journals and E-Mail Correspondence with Students/Schools" to Stephanie Shipp, July 10, 1999.
• Completed my 27 minute educational video documentary, "Living at the Bottom of the World", and submitted it to Stephanie Shipp and Wayne Sukow, Sept. 12, 1999.
• Submitted 3 copies of each of my publicity items to Stephanie Shipp, Sept. 14, 1999.
• Submitted NYC Activities Workshop photos and other TEA related scrapbook photos to Stephanie Shipp, Sept. 14, 1999.

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

Have you submitted 20 digital images to the TEA Archive with electronic captions? N/A

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Arichive? N/A

Release Days

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