Outreach Activities
2023
Sunday May 21 Kaitlin Harrison was at the UW SAFS Aquatic Open House. Build your own phytoplankton!
UW in the High School ATM 111 – Global Warming
Feb 5, 2020
J. Young visited Sammamish High School in Bellevue and got to listen to some amazing student presentations on important issues of climate change. She had some great discussions with students, local scientists, city officials, and others working actively on climate change issues.
Outreach with South Kitsap High School
2020
Our lab worked with local high school teachers to coordinate a video call from Western Antarctic Peninsula to discuss research and answer questions from oceanography and AP Environmental Science students. There will be a follow up in-person visit once classes are back.
Polar Weekend at Pacific Science Center
2019
H. Dawson and S. Rundell represented our lab at the Pacific Science Center Polar Weekend.
Bainbridge Island Open Mic Science
April 2019
J. Young presented a talk on Microalgae and the Carbon Cycle at the Treehouse Cafe in Bainbridge Island for Open Mic Science.
J. Young organized outreach activities with Sammamish Frontiers High School to teach about polar research
2018 - Present
Activities involved filming short videos while at Palmer Station, Antarctica in response to students’ questions, 2 separate visits to the school and assisting students in organizing a science fair in Spring 2019.
J. Young quoted in National Geographic online
2018
Working with Sammamish High School Frontiers Class with Neshyba
We’re excited to collaborate with Sammamish Frontiers Class about challenging fieldwork. We’ll be interacting via video during our Antarctic trip to discuss the challenges of doing science in remote areas. And we look forward to visiting the classroom after we return to talk about communicating science to the wider community.
Polar Science Weekend at the Pacific Science Center
Mar 3-5, 2017
Anders Torstensson and Hannah Dawson were part of the "Polar Science Weekend 2017” at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Together with the Deming Lab Group (UW), we demonstrated how life can evolve in extremely cold environments, such as sea-ice brines.
Dr. Sven Kranz talks to Princeton school children. Photo courtesy of Princeton Patch and Princeton Public Schools.
NJ elementary school children learn about Antarctica from polar scientists.
January 2013
While at Princeton University, Jodi Young worked with colleagues to develop an outreach program that connected NJ school children with scientists at Palmer Station, Antarctica. Campaign incorporated video conferencing between elementary school children and active polar scientists at Palmer Station. In addition, one of our scientists visited the school, gave a presentation and answered questions about Antarctica. Our outreach program was reported in the local news and on the Princeton Public Schools website.