Annual Report for Betty Trummel
2001

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Field Experience

Were you in the field this season? No

Continued Collaboration with Reasearch Team Members

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: Meetings/visit with Michele Claps, and Italian Cape Roberts scientist currently working/living in the Hague, Netherlands. I have been in the process of sharing resources with various CRP scientists. It is a reciprocal exchange of slides to allow me (and the others) to gather more science slides for our collections. Michele and I spent several hours going through his CRP science slides and selecting ones that would best reflect the science he parcticipated in as part of the Cape Roberts Project. He spent much of his time (all three seasons) at the Cape Roberts field camp, in the lab there and at the drill site. These slides are valuable because they allow me to better represent what happened in the whole process of the Cape Roberts Project, not just what I saw and parcticipated in at Crary Lab in McMurdo.
50 additional slides of the Cape Roberts Project and science research in action.

July 2001
New Zealand
Started out in Christchurch at the Antarctica New Zealand office. Met with Jim Cowie, Project Manager for the Cape Roberts Project. We discussed educational outreach efforts to date, and he was able to provide resources for my classroom-maps, CRP info and such. He was interested in how TEA's carry the field experience into the classroom, and I share my "Recipe For A Core" with him. He had not been at the CRP wrap up meeting in Ohio last year, so this was new to him. He really enjoyed hearing how I could bring Cape Roberts science to young children through this activity. He also shared some materials for my Antarctic resource trunk. Next stop was Wellington...for 8 days at Victoria University...home base for many of the Kiwi Cape Roberts scientists. I met with Alex Pyne, Cliff Atkins, Mike Hannah, and Tim Naish, among others. See outcomes below.
1) I was a guest lecturer for their beginning Antarctic course at Victoria University at Wellington. I did an hour+ presentation to 82 students and two instructors about my involvement in TEA, the field experience with the Cape Roberts Project, TEA goals and responsibilities, and what I've done in regard to educational outreach since returning from the field experience. 2) I was the featured speaker at a Science Seminar for professors, instructors, etc. at Victoria University. There were 41 attendees for this seminar, and I did a Power Point presentation on TEA, my field experience, the core activity I developed as a result of my immersion in the Cape Roberts project, and the educational trunk I have in Illinois and the one I had just donated to Tasmanian teachers. 3) The meetings with Cliff Atkins resulted in an exchange of slides, providing 45 additional Cape Roberts science slides to my collection. Cliff's slides are especially valuable, because he was down on Winfly or early in the season every year of the project...to set up the field camp, drill site, and laboratory space in both locations. He has a wealth of knowledge on a part of Cape Roberts that I had known little about previously. 4) Mike Hannah suggested the British Antarctic Schools Pack and shared other materials with me for the trunks, and since that time I've been able to secure many of these resources for use in both Antarctic trunks. 5) Okay, I'm out of spaces, so I will report here that I also has a lengthy phone call with Dr. Ken Verosub (my PI) in December, sharing what I had done on the Australia/New Zealand trip and also catching up with his science work on Cape Roberts and beyond. I spent time in Italy this summer with Giuilanna Villa and Fabio Florindo, other CRP scientists and have numerous contacts with many of the CRP folks.

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? 1) It won't let me enter info about the Real Audio sessions in the other section, so I will address that here. I (along with my 23 students) parcticipated in three REAL AUDIO sessions. One was with Tina King, one with Jason and the last one with Marietta. My students were VERY enthusiastic about these sessions and we stayed on line for the duration of the sessions. The students wrote questions I could type in and also received e-mails back when their questions couldn't be answered during the session due to lack of time. I forwarded Arlyn copies of student written work pertaining to the Real Audio sessions. I had students log at least one thing they learned from each session, and I was quite pleased with their results. These can be obtained from Arlyn if necessary. 2) Continued to share TEA and my experience in my own classroom through journals, current journals of TEA's in the field in fall/early winter 2001, core activity from Cape Roberts Project, connections with scientists, letters, and the NUMEROUS resources I have gathered as a result of the Antarctic trunk grants and materials I have purchased. 3) I teach a Science Methods course for preservice teachers at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. My parcticipation in TEA has has a direct impact on how I interact with these students as well as my fourth graders. It has improved my ability to deliver a quality science program in both situations. I spend a good deal of time in the preservice class with TEA and there is an assignment I developed to familiarize these new teachers with our program. They correspond with TEA's, learn about goals of the program, explore the web site, parcticipate in activities, evaluate which activities would benefit them in a classroom, and discuss how they could use this program as they embark on their own careers in education. TEA has had THE MOST IMPACT ON MY OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, spanning my 20+ years of teaching. It has opened up so many incredible opportunities to challenge myself as an educator, work as a mentor to so many teachers and students, link with classrooms locally, nationally, and internationally, and to learn more science CONTENT and practices. THANKS for this experience and the continuing professional development that TEA provides. It's incredible! 4) I've sent my presentation log to Stephanie Shipp as an excel file and it should appear either here or later in this report. For a hard copy of the details of 50 presentations made in 2001, please feel free to contact me. The space available does not allow for me to include these details on line.

TEA Collaborative Learning Group

Name: Jan Sarbaugh

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 63

Name: Susie Danielson

Active? Yes

Contact Hours: 63

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

Associates Network

Number of Associates in local network: 2 registered, 1 informal; several in Tasmania (not sure of the count at this point)

Type of Interaction / Outcomes / Dates / Locations / Parcticipants: 16 TEA events (presentations, newpapers, radio interviews, Australian Antarctic Division, 2 guest speaker/dinner meetings/presentations) See TEA Presentation log for further details.

2001
Crystal Lake
See mentoring report for details regarding TEA Associate/mentoring interactions.
Same as above....see mentoring report for details.

Presentations and Real Audio Sessions

Presentation Date, Title, Number of Attendees, Etc.

Date	Place and Contact Person	# Teachers	# Students	# Others	Level/Class
1/5&6/2001	Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology			108	Exhibit booth with Joanna Hubbard
1/5/01	Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology			28	Poster session at conference with Joanna H.
1/23/01	Jean Smith--Regional Office of Educ. LaSalle,IL	14	604	6	3 presentations at one elementary school
1/31/01	Husmann Elementary School -- Cheryl Falbo	1	30	2	2nd graders
2/12/01	Northern Illinois University -- DeKalb, IL		28	1	Science Methods Course for Elementary Educ.
2/22/01	Amie Foster, Aurora, IL -- TEA mentee	1	22		4th graders--TEA Mentee Classroom
2/28/01	Jan Sarbaugh -- South Elementary, CL	2	24	1	4th graders--TEA Mentee Classroom
3/1/01	Susie Danielson -North Elementary, CL	1	28	1	4th graders--TEA Mentee Classroom
3/14/01	Gordon Bain, our Board of Education/teachers	5		14	TEA/Australian Antarctic Division joint present.
3/23/01	TEA Short Course - NSTA Convention, St.Louis	18		other TEA's	TEA Overview (my part of short course)
3/23/01	NSTA -- presentation with Hillary Tulley	11		1	Hillary and I presented our TEA experiences
3/23/01	NSTA -- presentation with Sandi Kolb	6		1	Sandi and I presented our TEA experiences
3/27/01	Steamboat Springs--John DeVincencis (Prin.)	4	160	2	2nd and 3rd grades
3/27/01	Steamboat Springs -- Strawberry Park Elemen.	4	162	1	4th and 5th grades
3/27/01	Steamboat Springs -- Strawberry Park Elemen.	3	82	2	1st grade
4/20/01	Western Illinois University -- John Beaver	31			Science Conference
4/21/01	Lambda State Convention/Delta Kappa Gamma	15		3	TEA/Antarctic Trunk (they funded my project)
4/28/01	Nancy Ellison--McHenry Co. College, CL		8	1	"Girl Tech" conference for gifted girls
7/17/01	TASMANIA--Ogilvie H S -- Elga Skrastins	2	50	1	9th grade -- all girls high school (2 classes)
7/18/01	TASMANIA--Blackman's Bay Primary	4	53	1	Glenda Paton (contact) 1/2 grades
7/18/01	TASMANIA--Blackman's Bay Primary	6	72	1	1/2 and 2/3 grades
7/18/01	TASMANIA--Blackman's Bay Primary	7	70	1	3/4 grades
7/18/01	TASMANIA--Cygnet Primary School	3	60	1	grades 4/5 and 6 (Catherine Oldmeadow)
7/24/01	TASMANIA--Snug Primary School	3	48	1	grades 3/4 (Maureen Ling)
7/24/01	TASMANIA--Snug Tavern			66	Kingborough Community Enterprise Centre
7/25/01	TASMANIA--Australian Antarctic Division	5		60	TEA presentation and gift of Antarctic trunk
7/25/01	TASMANIAN Museum and Art Gallery			3	working out "trunk" details and TEA connection
Date	Place and Contact Person	# Teachers	# Students	# Others	Level/Class
7/26/01	Tasmania--Brighton Primary School	3	50	1	grade 2 (Annie Barnes)
7/26/01	Tasmania-Australian Broadcasting Corporation			unknown	ABC radio interview with Annie Warburton
7/26/01	Tasmania-Mercury Newspaper -- Rod Boucher			unknown	newspaper interview detailing TEA/my visit
7/26/01	Australian - American Association dinner			32	Libby Hopkins/Geoff Squibb-Parliament House
7/27/01	Tasmania -- Richmond Primary School	2	60	1	grades 4/5 (Elise Draeger)
7/27/01	Rose Bay High School	1	25	1	grade 10 - (Alistair Primrose)
7/27/01	Tasmania -- Woodbridge District High School	2	52		grades 5/6 (Debbie Clark)
7/31/01	Jim Cowie--Cape Roberts Project Manager			1	meeting at Antarctica New Zealand-Christchurch
8/2/01	Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand	2	82		first year Antarctic course -- university level
8/3/01	Victoria University, Wellington (Cliff Atkins)	3		38	Science Seminar Series at Victoria University
8/8/01	Island Bay Primary, Wellington, NZ	1	28	1	grade 3/4 students
9/28/01	Whitehouse H.S. -- Tennessee -- Bob King	21	427		Prep for Tina's TEA trip and recap of mine
9/28/01	W.A. Wright Elementary -- TN -- Tina King	11	225		Prep for Tina's TEA trip and recap of mine
9/28/01	Carroll Oakland Elementary --TN -- Tina King	5	124		Prep for Tina's TEA trip and recap of mine
9/28/01	West Elementary -- TN -- Tina King	27	415		Prep for Tina's TEA trip and recap of mine
9/28/01	Davis Kidd Bookstore -- TN -- Tina King			37	some were teachers -- public presentation
9/30/01	Mt. Juliet Public Library -- TN -- Tina King			41	mix of children and parents, teachers
10/5/01	LaSalle Regional Office of Educ.--Jean Smith	25			5 hour teacher workshop on Science and S.S.
10/12/01	Illinois Science Teachers Convention	28			TEA -- Tasmania/Illinois Connections
10/12/01	Illinois Science Teachers Convention	11			TEA overview/experiences--with Hillary Tulley
10/26/01	NSTA Regional Convention in Salt Lake, Utah	29			TEA overview/experience/Cape Roberts activ.
11/6/01	Husmann Elementary -- my class & 4Dorrence	55	2		fourth grade classes
11/17/01	Loyola University Saturday Academy	65	6		2 hour program for inner city youth
	TOTALS	437	2997	460
	50 presentations/meetings for TEA total				Grand Total = 3,894

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

Activities Development

Title: Recipe For A Core

Description:
edible sediment core activity based on the Cape Roberts Project; students learn to take scientific field notes

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

Title: Inquiry Based Projects Based on Antarctic Field Camps/Research Stations (Activity under development, Alex Pyne and Cliff Atkins from Cape Roberts have been contacted

Description:
students will use TEA journals and information to design an example of a field camp/base given various science research situations (based in part on Cape Roberts field camp and drill site information as well as other sites used for TEA research experiences)

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

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

booth coordinator and host at NSTA convention in St. Louis; ECW gear monitor for my region; Monitor of Antarctic trunk of resources that was funded by Delta Kappa Gamma -- Lambda State Foundation for Educational Studies. Golden Gift Stipend from Delta Kappa Gamma Society International....put resources for trunk together via this stipend, delivered materials in person as a gift to teachers in Tasmania, Australia in July 2001. By the way, as part of gathering the materials, I struck up a connection with Betty and Colin Monteath in Christchurch, New Zealand. They supplied (at very little cost) a wealth of images/calendars/postcards for the Antarctic trunk. In my visit to NZ this past July, I made a stop in Christchurch, visited their daughter's classroom to make a presentations, continued our connection and currently use their wonderful resources as part of my teaching as well as the trunks, and they correspond with my class and send more useful information on Antarctica.

Australian Antarctic Division Humanities Proposal for a berth on an Australian vessel for connections to TEA program and a similar program being considered in Australia. I have proposed a mentoring concept for myself and an Australian teacher if selected for this program.

Partnerships with new TEA's ...contact with several TEA's in the field fall 2001, but major effort devoted to Tina King and mentoring her as she prepared for her research experience. This included a trip to her home area.....check presentation log for details....and many phone calls (including from the ice) and letters, resource exchanges, and what I consider to be an incredibly rich partnership as elementary educators. Partnerships with "seasoned" TEA's to exchange slides as part of all of us continuing to add to our collection of Antarctic science and general Antarctic slides. Partnerships with Hillary Tulley, Elke Bergholtz, Fred Atwood, Joanna Hubbard, Sandi Kolb (photos not slides). Also, developed a partnership with Kolene Krysl and we have spent numerous lengthy phone calls and e-mails discussing her outreach efforts and I am working with her on NSTA presentations and general issues surrounding outreach/mentoring.

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? Yes

Have you submitted 6-8 photos to the TEA Arichive? Yes

Release Days

Number of Release Days Covered by School/District for TEA Program/Activities: 8

Dates: 1/23, 2/28, 3/1, 4/20, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/26

Reasons for Release: ISTA, NSTA regional convention in Salt Lake City, presentations to teachers and students

Approximate Daily Rate of Substitute and Number of Substitute Days: $75.00

TEA Meetings Covered by School/District/Corporation

Names of Meetings: N/A

Dates: N/A

Approximate Cost of Travel Expenses Covered: N/A

Permanent Materials and Equipment Provided by Institution/Corporation/District for the TEA Program

Type of Equipment: PC Projector

Date of Purchase: on loan...not exclusively mine

Approximate Cost of Equipment: N/A

Other Grants

Purpose of Grant: funding of second Antarctic resource trunk to be donated to teachers in Tasmania, Australia

Title of Grant Competition: Golden Gift Stipend

Granting Institution/Corporation/District: Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; Golden Gift Stipend

Date of Application: November 2000

Date of Notification: March 2001

Grant Total: $800.00

Other Shared Costs

1) Worked with Elissa Elliott on the completion of the Antarctic trunks funded by Toshiba Foundation. Supplied 80 slides of mine and Australian program (with narration/information typed out), information lists, books, activities, etc...although I did not pay for these, I didn't know where to put this in the report. I spent a considerable amount of time working on those trunks with Elissa. 2) Donated over $200.00 of my own money to provide materials for the Antractic trunk that was donated to Tasmanian teachers. I also drew from books and resources from my classroom to donate....didn't keep track of how much those materials were worth....but it was significant. 3) Paid for my own registration and hotel costs to join Joanna Hubbard at the conference in Chicago in January of 2001. 4) Paid my own flight, hotel, meals, and registration costs for the regional NSTA convention in Salt Lake City in October 2001. My only presentations were TEA related and I had a good audience for my session. 5) Paid my own hotel, travel costs to represent TEA at the Illinois Science Teachers convention in October of 2001. Had two presentations/sessions at this convention. 6) Mileage to/from presentations out of town are not reimbursed. I have traveled ALL over Illinois and other areas, giving TEA presentations, and at times my sub cost can be reimbursed, but usually mileage, meals on the road, etc...are not paid back to me. This represents a significant amount of money (just ask my husband, Chris!)

NSTA convention in San Diego....5 presentations scheduled, short course, booth duty, etc.

completion of second activity involving an inquiry based project where students design a field camp/research camp (they will choose between several scenarios/locations/research types of projects)

Starting the planning phases of a regional TEA event to be hosted in our school district but involving TEA's in our area, teachers, researchers, etc...OKAY, out of room AGAIN...also would like to be involved with TEA orientation next summer; continue presenting to schools and community/education groups...already have MANY events scheduled for the first three-four months of 2002; Continue to be the facilitator for the Illinois Antarctic resource trunk; Continue partnerships with new TEA's....in parcticular Louise Huffman and act as a mentor to her in this program. To this end we have already had a three hour dinner meeting on November 16, 2001.