10 June, 2001

Ed Week Part III / Online Resources / Arctic Pubs & Calendar

Education Week wraps up TEA series with pieces on how the TEA experience influences subsequent classroom work:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=37antarctica.h20

'Real World' Science Accented in Class

http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=37antbox.h20

Lure of Polar Regions Is Strong For Antarctic Veterans

Ask teachers who have gone to Antarctica if they'd go back. The answer is, invariably, yes.

The entire package of stories is here: http://www.edweek.org/sreports/special_ice.htm

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From Sandi Kolb:

Charlie Kaminski, wintering at S. Pole Station, emailed this web site address to me: http://starbulletin.com/2001/05/29/index.html. Charlie is featured in an arcticle, "On the Bottom of the World," in the 29 May 2001 online edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin (vol. 6, no. 137). This arcticle discusses the life and science at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and includes many photos.

I would also like to share my CRREL profiles with the TEA community. These interviews of CRREL scientists and engineers are now posted and may be found with my TEArctic Healy journals (../tea_kolbfrontpage.html). Topics include global climate models, conservation research, ice thermodynamics, bioremediation of soils, sea ice, crushing failure of ice, education outreach and CRREL web cameras. The profiles not only provide overviews of the research at CRREL, but also include photos, web sites and other resources.

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From Betsy Youngman

Many people might find the arctic atlas useful for their study of the arctic. I did and also wrote a web page of questions that goes with it to share. Please send the address out for the arctic atlas --- my link is from the "description" part of the atlas web site:

http://www.maps.grida.no/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=arctic&cmd=map

or here >http://www.pcds.org/arctic/arctic_lessons/arctic_atlas.htm

maps page - http://www.maps.grida.no/

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Polar opportunities for students (and teachers!)

STUDENTS ON ICE (http://www.studentsonice.com/ ) organizes unique learning expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic. Our mandate is to provide students from around the world with inspiring educational opportunities at the ends of our earth, and in doing so, help them foster a new understanding and respect for our planet.

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The Submarine Operational And Research Environmental Database (SOARED) web site http://wood.jhuapl.edu/soared/ is back online on its new server. The SOARED web site is intended to show how a simple geographic information system (GIS) can be used to retrieve scientific data from a relational database and display the data both on geographic and analytical displays. The web site contains some of the data collected from submarines during the Science Ice Exercise (SCICEX) cruises, along with selected historical and modeled datasets that can be used to compare and evaluate the SCICEX data.

Paul Bienhoff of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory demonstrated some of the features of this system for a new data and display GIS called the SCICEX Database Project at the Arctic Forum 2001 held in Washington D.C. May 24-25, 2001.

The SCICEX Database Project is planned to include the rest of the SCICEX data, as well as other historical datasets and added software analysis tools and data import/export features that will add value to the extensive data collected during the six SCICEX cruises (in 1993 and 1995-1999). Paul is interested in getting feedback about the site's usefulness and other features that will make it useful for other analyses. You can send comments or questions to him at Paul Bienhoff <Paul.Bienhoff@jhuapl.edu> or via the SOARED web site at http://wood.jhuapl.edu/soared/.

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The Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute is pleased to announce that the following two new publications are available:

(1) Andre, Alestine and Alan Fehr. 2001. Gwich'in Ethnobotany: Plants used by the Gwich'in for Food, Medicine, Shelter and Tools. Published by the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute and Aurora Research Institute. Tsiigehtchic, Inuvik. 8.5" X 5.5". 68 pp. ISBN: 1-896337-04-X ($20.00 includes postage)

Over thousands of years, the Gwich'in have used a variety of trees, shrubs, and berries for food, medicine, shelter, and tools. This publication presents information recorded from Gwich'in elders living in the Gwich'in Settlement Area, Northwest Territories, Canada on the use of 32 plants and 3 types of rocks and minerals. The book includes information on the Gwich'in names for these plants (in both the Gwichya Gwich'in and Teetl'it Gwich'in dialects), where they are found, and how they can be used. Several recipes for making medicine and preparing food are also included. Black and white and colour photographs illustrate the text.

(2) Kritsch, Ingrid, Alestine Andre and Leslie McCartney. 2001. Gwich'in Elders Calendar 2001. Published by the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute. Tsiigehtchic, Yellowknife. 11" X 17". Black and white glossy format. ISBN: 1-896337-06-6 ($20.00 includes postage)

This calendar presents summaries of the life histories of 12 of the oldest elders living in the communities of Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Inuvik, and Tsiigehtchic in the Gwich'in Settlement Area, Northwest Territories, Canada. Also included are the months and days in both the Gwichya Gwich'in and Teetl'it Gwich'in dialects with translations provided at the back of the calendar. Includes large black and white portrait photos of each elder.

Please send your order along with a cheque or money order in Canadian funds to the address below:

Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute PO Box 46 Tsiigehtchic, NT X0E 0B0 CANADA

For more information please contact:

Grace Blake, Acting Executive Director Phone: 867/953-3613 Fax: 867/953-3820 E-mail: grace_blake@learnnet.nt.ca

or

Ingrid Kritsch, Research Director Phone: 867/669-9743 Fax: 867/669-7733 E-mail: ingrid_kritsch@learnnet.nt.ca