Annual Report for Steven Stevenoski
2000

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Field Experience

Were you in the field this season? No

Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members

Date: December 2000

Type of Interaction: Email Contact with the PI on the research cruise that I parcticipated in. We have continued with intermitant contacts so that I can stay informed about his continued work and other projects that he is involved in.
Continued dialog

Has a member of your research team visited your classroom? (usually first year) No

Classroom Transfer

How are you sharing your research experience with students? Antarctic science has been core in the study of Thermodynamics, astronomy and acoustics. We incorporate activities developed by TEA teachers into the curriculum as well as have students follow the daily journals of the teachres in the field.

Mentoring/Collaborative Mentoring Team

Associates Network

Date: July 2000

Location: UW River Falls

Type of Interaction: I work with the AMANDA/ICECUBE projects at UW Madison. I work with a group of 3 graduate students and 20 teachers to learn about Antarctic parcticle physics and to develop activities based upon the teams research for use in middle and high school classrooms.

July 2000
Presentation fo a weeklong workshop focusing on using technology, and internet resources. Two days were spent evaluating the TEA website and activites for use in the elementary classroom.

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Have you presented to your local poard of education? (first year) N/A

Activities Development

Title: Neutrino Science

Description:
Using the Amanda detector to understand Dark Matter

Have these activities been submitted to the Web for posting? No

Activity:
Training for new TEA's - helped with technology of Real Audio and Web posting.

Testing and maintaing REAL Server at Lincoln high School.

Booth Hosting at NSTA 2000, and 3 polar presentations at the conference. NSTA 2000

Title: From Polar Bears to Penguins
Date and Time: Friday April 7 - 8:00 - 9:00 AM
Specific Location: Orange County Convention Center Room 332
Co-Presenters John Nevins
Short Description: Comparing the Arctic and Antarctic. Similarities and differences.

Title: It's Not Just Penguins and Polar Bears
Date and Time: Friday April 7 - 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Specific Location: Orange County Convention Center Room 232C
Co-Presenters John Nevins
Short Description: Comparing the Arctic and Antarctic. Similarities and differences.

Title: Black Smokers and Blue Ice
Date and Time: Thursday April 6 - 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Specific Location: Orange County Convention Center Room 224E
Co-Presenters Shawn?
Short Description: A review of the scientific data as is currently published by Klinkhammer and Lawver concerning Hydrothermal vents in the Bransfield Straight.

Title: On the Ice and into the Classsroom
Date and Time: Thursday April 6 - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Specific Location: Orange County Convention Center Room 224G
Co-Presenters John Nevins, Peter Amati, Besse Dawson
Short Description: Sharing of classroom tried activities based on polar science.

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

Have you submitted 20 slides to the TEA Archive? (first year) Yes

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Arichive? (first year) N/A

Release Days

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District

Names of Meetings: NSTA 2000

Dates: March 2000

Approximate Cost of Travel Expenses: 100.00

Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District

Type of Equipment: Web Server/T1 Connection

Date of Purchase: September 2000

Approximate Cost of Equipment: 6000

Other Grants

Other Shared Costs

NSTA 2001 booth and presentations

Training of new TEA's.

Operation REAL broadcasts from the the field.