TEA: Annual-krysl- -- Body

Annual Report for Kolene Krysl
January 15, 2002 - January 15, 2003

Were you in the field this season? No

Continued Collaboration with Research Team Members

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: The PI, Dr Siniff, was in Antarctica for his last season of reseach and has since retired. Reseach assistant Michael Cameron, who accompanied me to Antarctica, also finished his final with the Weddell project. My class was able to keep informed of this years work via emails and on the project website all through their field season. Dr. Cameron now works for NOAA. He is now working with seals that live in the northern hemisphere so we have discussed a continuing partnership of some kind.

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

2. Community / Colleague Outreach

Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with your colleagues, district, community, etc? I have continued to reach elementary, middle school and some high school classrooms through presentations. I have done three teacher in-services and was a speaker at our local conference. In all, this year I did over thirty school presentations or appearances. I am also working with the teachers in my new district, mostly grades kindergarten, third and fourth, and sixth grades right now, to write the correlation between my TEA research experience and their grade-level curriculm to be able to continue recieving funding to cover my substitutes when I am out of my classroom to collaborate, present or teach regarding my research experience. I have calculated approximately twenty-five to thirty hours of work with these varies colleagues. I have not worked successfully for much of this past year with the remaining to mentees that I began with since my research expeience season. As I will indicate, their curriculm and district focus has put most of our work out of their use so they are not as interested in continuing with their arrangement with me. I have however been using all that we did accomplish in the first year and a half of our work, in the workshops and teacher in-services this year.

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: Lisa Henggeler

Active? No

Contact Hours: none

Name: Lisa Klosner

Active? No

Contact Hours: 33 hours - has not been active since 9/30/03

Name: Carol Clark

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 42 hours

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

Associates Network

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc. Millard Public Schools: Neihardt Elementary Antarctica Science-Field Experience 3rd grade; 52 students/teachers Norris Elementary Antarctica Penguins Kindergarten; 28 students/teacher Ackerman Elementary Antarctica Science-Field Experience 3rd,4th,5th; 185 students/teachers Ackerman Elementary Science like Antarctica K-6th; 342 students/teachers Willowdale Elementary Antarctica Science-Field Experience 2nd-6th; 441 students/teachers North Middle Antarctica Science-Field Experience/TEA program Staff In-service; 63 teachers Central Middle Antarctica Science-Field Experience 6th grade; 355 students/teachers Omaha Public Schools: Karen Western Elementary Antarctica Science-Field Experience K-6th grades; 412 students/teachers Paio/LaVista Schools; Rumsey Station Antarctica Science-Field Experience 6th grade; 63 students/teachers Parkview Elementary Antarctica Science-Field Experience K-6th; 813 students/teachers Elkhorn Schools Antarctica Science-Field Experience 4th grade; 67 students/teachers Vermillon Middle, South Dakota Antarctica Science-Field Experience 6th,7th,8th; 211 students/teachers St. Andrews, Burnsville Minnesota Antarctica Penguins and Seals 2nd grade; 41 students Our Lady ...Catholic, Kansas City Missouri Antarctica Science-Field Experience K-8th; 629 students/teachers Westside Community Schools: Outdoor Education Antarctica Science-Field Experience multi-school sixth graders; 238 students/teachers Loveland Elementary Antarctica Science-Field Experience 4th grade; 45 studentsteachers Westside Middle Antarctica Science-Field Experience 7th grade; 25 students/teacher Oakdale Elementary Antarctica Penguins/Seals Kindergarten; 23 students/teacher College Women Organization Antarctica Science-Field Experience/TEA program 207 adults Family/Friends: fireside, Brandon Minnesota Antarctica Science-Field Experience 33 adults/kids Wood's Landing Campground, Yutan Nebraska Antarctica Science-Field Experience 47 adults/kids

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

3. Classroom Transfer

Activities Development

Title: Antarctica - Under there, Underwhere (in progress)

Description:
Students parcticipate in research, learning and designing the animal and human adaptations needed to survive the cold

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

Other Classroom Connections: My students parcticipated in a field test of the American Museum of Natural History's Antarctica curriculm. The field test ran from early October until the end of November. We used the AMNH website project to research and develop a full-day presentation fair at our school. Students and parents came and went through the displays and activities that students developed after their work with the AMNH program. It was a huge success and plans are in the work to coordinate this as an annual event for the sixth graders.

4. Other TEA Activity Involvement

Antarctica Trunk monitoring NSTA 2002 National Convention booth host NSTA 2002 National Convention presenter TEA 2002 Orientation Mentor Resource Group parcticipant

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 Archive? N/A