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05.23.13
Science Teachers See NASA IceBridge Research
Getting students interested in science means going beyond facts in a textbook. By giving students a look behind the curtain at real scientific research, educators can motivate and inspire them to study and possibly even pursue science-related careers.
NASA's Operation IceBridge gave three teachers—one each from the United States, Greenland and Denmark—an inside view of research by hosting a field research experience during part of the 2013 Arctic campaign. IceBridge achieved this thanks to collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, the education ministries of Greenland and Denmark and a U.S.-based program that pairs teachers and polar science expeditions known as PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating).
Each year PolarTREC receives hundreds of applications from science teachers who want to bring real-life polar science to their students through field research experiences. After a lengthy selection and interview process, Libertyville, Ill., high school physics teacher Mark Buesing was paired with IceBridge.
Meanwhile, personnel from the Copenhagen embassy worked with the governments of Denmark and Greenland, who selected Jette Rygaard Poulsen, Aalborg, Denmark, a physics and mathematics teacher and science adviser to the Danish Education Ministry, and Mette Noort Hansen, who teaches biology, geography and Arctic technology in Sisimiut, Greenland.
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Science Teachers See NASA IceBridge Research
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Teachers Mark Buesing and Jette Poulsen aboard the NASA P-3B during an IceBridge survey flight on Apr. 8, 2013. Credit: NASA / Christy Hansen
Teachers Mark Buesing and Jette Poulsen aboard the NASA P-3B during an IceBridge survey flight on Apr. 8, 2013. Credit: NASA / Christy Hansen
Getting students interested in science means going beyond facts in a textbook. By giving students a look behind the curtain at real scientific research, educators can motivate and inspire them to study and possibly even pursue science-related careers.
NASA's Operation IceBridge gave three teachers—one each from the United States, Greenland and Denmark—an inside view of research by hosting a field research experience during part of the 2013 Arctic campaign. IceBridge achieved this thanks to collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, the education ministries of Greenland and Denmark and a U.S.-based program that pairs teachers and polar science expeditions known as PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating).
Each year PolarTREC receives hundreds of applications from science teachers who want to bring real-life polar science to their students through field research experiences. After a lengthy selection and interview process, Libertyville, Ill., high school physics teacher Mark Buesing was paired with IceBridge.
Meanwhile, personnel from the Copenhagen embassy worked with the governments of Denmark and Greenland, who selected Jette Rygaard Poulsen, Aalborg, Denmark, a physics and mathematics teacher and science adviser to the Danish Education Ministry, and Mette Noort Hansen, who teaches biology, geography and Arctic technology in Sisimiut, Greenland.
› More....
› Read more about the IceBridge 2013 Arctic campaign.
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