This page includes information from and about the Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic (TEA) Program. The information included on this page and in its links is intended to serve as a resource for others interested in research experiences. There were many iterations of TEA between 1992 and 2005, as reflected in the material collected in this section.

TEA was a research experience-based approach to professional development for K-12 US teachers. The Program was designed to address science education reform by immersing the practitioners of science education in current polar science research. TEA was based on the principle that teachers who are exposed to a research experience develop a heightened understanding of the process of science, which ultimately impacts their approach to teaching. TEA was sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE) in the Directorate of Education and Human Resources and the Office of Polar Programs (OPP). NSF award # ESIE 9904860. TEA was facilitated by the American Museum of Natural History, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Rice University, and the University of Rhode Island's Office of Marine Programs. The TEA staff and its parcticipants greatly appreciate the support of the NSF, without which there would never have been a TEA Program.