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The RedParka website and all of its contents are very much a work in progress. Please bear that in mind as you scroll through these pages, and please send us feedback. |
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What you will find among these web pages is a collaborative outreach effort designed to engage university researchers, students and educators in Antarctic science. Our approach has been to team up and use resources in both Antarctica and your own backyard! |
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Members of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research and Microbial Observatories including scientists at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana have joined forces with educators at Black River and Okemo Mountain Schools in Ludlow Vermont and their students to learn about the local Vermont ecosystem and that of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. |
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Scroll through the pages of this website using the tabs to the left. You will find lesson plans designed for students at the middle school (6-7th) grade level. These lesson plans are being designed with students at Black River School in Ludlow Vermont. |
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Through this website you can follow the students as they learn about Echo Lake, the ecosystem in their backyard. You will also find background information about Antarctica and the McMurdo Dry Valleys where the scientists on this project work. Have fun and please send us your comments! |
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Explore your Backyard! |
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Our research in Antarctica is sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Office of polar Programs |
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