Students from our educational partners; Spring Hill School in Santa Cruz, CA, the Wednesday Club in Suisun, CA, Armijo High School in Fairfield, CA, and the Gustavus School in Gustavus, Alaska will be sending questions to our research team while we are in the Antarctic. Questions and answers will be posted here - please check back! Elizabeth Gibbs, a teacher from Thompson Middle School in Newport, Rhode Island, and part of the ARMADA/TEA program, will also be sending educational updates to her class at http://tea.rice.edu/tea_gibbsfrontpage.html
Penny Fisher writes:
Why is it hot chocolate that you drink so much of? What is in chocolate that
is so beneficial to you in the cold?
Answer
Uzelle Williams writes:
What kinds of penguins and other birds have you seen? Answer
Questions from Kendall Elementary School, Illinois
Kim Kalantzis' 5th grade, writes 3 questions.
Is it scary underwater? Is it pitch black? Answer
Have you seen any weird/unusual creatures underwater? Answer
Have you seen any penguins, and if so what kind ? Answer
Gustavus School, Gustavus, AK
Do you have a decompression chamber of any sort available to you? If you did have access, how close is it at any given time and how long
you would have to be in one if there was a situation that called for it. I suggested that it would probably depend on the situation, and they
were wondering if you could give them a scenario. Answer
We were reading all about the sediment sample gathering technique and we
were wondering what type of data do you get from the sediment and how is it
incorporated in the overall study. Answer
Gustavus School, Gustavus, AK |
Armijo High School, Fairfield, CA |
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The Wednesday Club, Suisun, CA |
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