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He
also participated in a transit cruise between Christchurch, New
Zealand, and Capetown, South Africa, last summer.
In
addition to his daily activities, such as monitoring geophysical
instruments at the Thwaites Camp in West Antarctica, Mike talks
with fifth graders online about his experiences living and working
in Antarctica.
Mike’s close friend and Mr. John Myrick’s teaching assistant,
Nate Sachdeva, urged Mike to set up the interactive question and
answer website. In addition to a Q and A section, an Antarctica
factoid section allows students to contribute interesting science
facts to the website. Mike has also developed an extensive section
explaining the geophysical methods the UTIG group is using in the
field.
At
Marvin Elementary School in San Diego, California, Mr. Myrick’s
fifth grade class comes up with their own questions for Mike. Mr.
Myrick and Mr. Sachdeva then email the questions to Mike, who answers
questions when satellites orbiting the earth are over Antarctica.
Students can view their questions (with their names) along with
Mike’s answers while viewing maps and photographs from the
places Mike goes and the things he does.
Next,
Mike will be taking a vacation as soon as the group leaves Antarctica
for Christchurch, New Zealand. And, while he won’t be answering
questions online while he is traveling around and relaxing, he is
sure to have a lot to talk about when he returns to California.
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