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Welcome to our visitors!
Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Thu Mar 22 06:38:07 2007
We know we've had many visitors from education conferences across Canada and the United States learning from all of our hard work... in the field in Antarctica, in the lab in Toronto and in our classrooms around the world. We welcome each and every visitor and encourage you to come back often. Read the reports from the scientists, read the student blogs and view our Read More (946 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Mon Dec 18 07:31:52 2006 Welcome home to the Ice Team! We're sure you are all very busy right now reconnecting with family and friends and catching up on the work that's been piling up while you were away.
Linnea sent us a report chronicling the team's last weeks’ adventures. You can find it in the Expedition News focus area (Week 9 Report from the Ice Team) or you can follow this link directly. I'll add the newest photos to the..... Read More (818 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Dec 17 06:36:42 2006
I have just taken part in the online 2006 Edublog Awards Ceremony and am thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Polar Science has received an International Edublog Award! This year's award is for "Best Group Blog".
I would like to congratulate all of our Polar Science teams on your hard work in keeping up with the reports, answering challenge questions, asking your own questions and communicating the results of your work in..... Read More (2.0 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Tue Dec 5 08:07:39 2006 Gianni, thanks so much for sharing information about your research with us! You stated:
"First of all, my research program uses both human and animal models to try and answer the questions that we generate. Ultimately, my interest is muscle stem cell function in humans, but sometimes we need to start our experiments using animal models before we can move into a human model. The reason we do this is fairly obvious. In order to do muscle stem cell work in humans we need to take muscle biopsies..... Read More (1.4 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Fri Dec 1 04:34:35 2006 While the Ice Team is preparing for the journey home and the Lab Team is busy sectioning and staining the Weddell seal muscle samples, we'd like to take a little time-out to explore other research projects where scientists are studying skeletal muscle growth and adaptation.
As you already know, the Polar Science Admin Team is from YES I Can! Science, an outreach project of the Faculty of Science at McMaster University. We've asked a McMaster University researcher, Read More (1.0 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Thu Nov 30 19:44:56 2006 We're coming to the end of another successful field season for the Ice Team. As Dr. Kanatous reported earlier, they were able to successfully sample 15 adult, 6 juvenile and 10 Weddell seal pups. The Ice Team has packed up and will shortly be making their way home, Dr. Kanatous and Linnea Pearson to Colorado, Dr. Noren to California, Dr. Trumble to Michigan, and Jay Davis to Washington. I'd like to wish everyone a safe journey and a happy reunion with loved ones and family!
There's still an..... Read More (1.2 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Nov 26 17:26:05 2006 Hi everyone,
Linnea sent us a video she shot on a helicopter flight in Antarctica.
The video is in Quicktime format and you will need Quicktime 7 installed on your computer to view it properly. I should also warn you that if your school network is slow you may have difficulty viewing the file. If that is the case, don't worry, there are lots of still images in the Read More (737 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Thu Nov 23 07:46:34 2006
Peter has added a little extra challenge from the Lab Team this week. He says:
"Instead of looking for the answer on the internet, try designing your own experiment to test your hypothesis. Tell me how you..... Read More (689 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Nov 19 14:32:06 2006 Hi everyone,
My apologies to those of you who have been anxiously awaiting the Week 6 Report from the Lab Team!
We received the report from the Lab team last week but we were away at the Alberta Science Teachers' Conference in Kananaskis, Alberta. Great conference! We met many teachers who were envious of all of the Polar Science teams and can't wait to get involved next year! As I had no way of verifying the security of the hotel network, I opted to wait until I returned before..... Read More (1.1 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Nov 5 21:43:23 2006 Another busy week for the Ice Team!
We've just posted the Week 5 Report from the Ice Team in the Expedition News focus area. Read it to find out about Sunday night lectures, nursing pups, difficult juveniles, sampling procedures, broken snowmobiles...and...balmy temperatures?
If you have any questions for the Ice Team post them in the Expedition News Messages Area.
Diane
Polar Science Admin Team @ McMaster University Read More (479 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Nov 5 19:36:59 2006 Hi everyone,
I know you've all been reading the weekly reports from the Ice Team and the Lab team, but did you know that the images from the Ice Team can be found all together in the Polar Science Photo Gallery?
Go to the Expedition News Focus Area and choose the Photo Gallery link at the bottom of the page.
You can use any of the pictures from the Photo Gallery in the reports or..... Read More (1.6 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Oct 29 16:19:51 2006 We've posted the Week 4 Report from the Ice Team in the Expedition News Focus Area.
It's been a busy week for the Ice Team - bumps, bruises, breakdowns, a visitor, and seal sampling! And if you think it's been all work and no play, check out the Ice Team's Hallowe'en costumes!
Diane
Polar Science Admin Team @ McMaster University Read More (385 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Oct 22 19:05:40 2006 We've received the third report from the Ice Team!
Go to the "Expedition News" focus area and Read the "Week #3 Report from the Ice Team" to learn about setting up the scientists' field site, "Muscle Beach".
Hmmm...doesn't look much like a beach to me... Muscle Beach? Read the report to see why the Ice Team gave their field site this name. If you have any questions about the report go to the "Messages" area and post them to the..... Read More (1.0 kB) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Oct 15 19:04:06 2006 The Polar Science 2006 Photo gallery has now been added to the "Expedition News" focus area.
Diane
Polar Science Admin Team @ McMaster University Read More (269 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sun Oct 15 14:08:12 2006 We've received the second report from the Ice Team!
Go to the "Expedition News" focus area and Read the Week #2 Report from the Ice Team to learn about "Snow School" and "Sea Ice School". Great classes for Antarctica, don't you think?
After you've read the report, discuss it in your class. If you have any questions go to the "Messages" area and post them to the "Expedition News" shared discussion forum.
Now it's your turn! Report back to the Ice Team!
The scientists described two..... Read More (837 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Fri Oct 13 14:26:04 2006 Linnea, your image didn't appear in your blog article and I can't see it on the server. Please e-mail it to me as an attachment (support@yesican-science.ca) and I'll upload it to the server for you. I know we're all interested in seeing it.
Diane Read More (249 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Mon Oct 9 15:36:40 2006 Why are the scientists so interested in studying the Weddell Seals?
We have just received our first report from the "Lab" team at York University in Toronto.
Go to the "Expedition News" focus area to find out why this research is so important!
Diane
Polar Science Team @ McMaster University Read More (301 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Sat Oct 7 22:37:13 2006
Dr. Kanatous has sent us the first report from the "Ice" team!
You can find the report in the "Expedition News" focus area.
Read the Week #1 report and discuss it in your class. If you have any questions go to the "Messages" area and post them to the "Expedition News" shared discussion forum. Before you post your question, read over the questions that have already been asked. If your question is already in the list, you won't need to ask it..... Read More (813 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Thu Oct 5 09:37:08 2006
Check your "Challenge Questions" Messages Area or the "Challenge Questions" Focus Area to read them.
Talk about the questions in your class. Do you already know the answers? Will you need to research the answers? Where will you do your research?
When you think you know the..... Read More (767 bytes) Posted By Diane_Hammond, McMaster YES I Can Science on Wed Oct 4 10:38:35 2006 Hi everyone,
As I'm sure you've already noticed, we're starting to receive communications from our "Ice" team, currently in New Zealand, on route to Antarctica. I thought I'd take a few minutes of your time to explain how to access the team blogs so you don't miss any information.
The "Quick links" under "Recent Blogs" on the right-hand side of your screen will take you quickly to the last five entries that were posted to the main page. As new entries are posted, the older ones are..... Read More (1.7 kB)Week 9 Report from the Ice Team
2006 Edublog Awards
Protocol for using human subjects
Guest scientist
2006 Field Season is Wrapping Up
Linnea's Cinematographic Debut
Challenge Questions
Remember to keep checking the Challenge Questions focus area for new questions from both the Lab Team and the Ice Team. We've received over 200 responses to the questions so far, an excellent effort on the part of our Polar Science Teams!
Week 6 Report from the Lab Team
Week 5 Report from the Ice Team
Polar Science Photo Gallery
Week 4 Report from the Ice Team
Week 3 Report from the Ice Team
Polar Science Photo Gallery
Week 2 report from the Ice Team
From the Support Team to the Ice Team - Re: Male vs Female Seals
First Report from the Lab Team
First Report from the Ice Team
First Challenge Questions
The "Ice" team sent us two Challenge Questions from Christchurch, New Zealand, where they're waiting for the weather to improve so they can fly to Antarctica.
"Must-read" Blogs