PolarTREC, a three-year (2007-2009) International Polar Year project, is an educational research experience for K-12 teachers to participate in polar research, working closely with scientists. Students can follow the work of the teachers and scientists, email them, see images and maps related to the expeditions, and read diary entries. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., this program aims to improve science education.

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Subject keyword(s)	Astronomy, Biological oceanography, Climatology, Cryology, Earth science, Environmental science, Geoscience, International Polar Year, Life Science, Meteorology, Oceanography, Physical oceanography, Physical sciences, Science, Space Science, Space sciences
Grade level	Middle School, High School, Higher Education
Resource type	Community, Instructional Material, Service
Resource format	text, text/html
Rights	This web site is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. OPP-0101279. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Copyright and other restrictions information is unknown.

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