K-12 science and mathematics teachers, teachers' aides and university faculty working together to learn about the nature of scientific inquiry and the variability of lake ice, snow and conductive heat flow in the State of Alaska.
ALISON NEWS
Martin Jeffries (ALISON Principal Investigator 2001-2006) and Kim Morris (ALISON PI 2006-2011)
would like to thank all of the Alaska students, teachers, volunteers and parents who have helped to make ALISON
a successful science and education program.
Over the course of the project, 26 different sites were occupied (2 different sites in Barrow). Of these,
14 can be
described as rural (population < 2500) and 9 as native (native population > 50%). Eight villages that had ALISON sites
were not accessible by road. Seventeen public schools, 3 charter/magnet schools,
2 home school groups, 2 volunteer groups,
2 informal education organizations (Denali Education Center and the Murie Science and Learning Center in Denali National Park and Preserve) and
1 online school (Delta Cyber School) participated. Eight sites were maintained for 5 years or more (9 if you count the two
Barrow sites together).
During the course of the project:
ALISON produced a unique data set that is archived at the Geodata Center,
Geophysical Institute, UAF and is available from this web site (Data Downloads).
Several lake ice specialists besides the project scientists used ALISON data
in their research.
ALISON has been recognized as an Arctic data collection network and a model
for citizen science.
ALISON provided research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students
at UAF.
ALISON provided many K-12 students and their teachers with an authentic learning
experience - learning science by being scientists.
ALISON has boosted teachers confidence in teaching/discussing environmental
issues with their students.
ALISON teachers have changed the way they teach they created new curricula
for their classes based on ALISON science concepts and measurements and
changed their expectations of student performance.
Teachers incorporated their ALISON experience into their pursuit of graduate
teaching degrees and wrote successful grants in support of their ALISON activities.
We hope that their ALISON experiences will continue to inspire teachers and students in the everyday pursuit
of science.
READ THE FINAL NSF REPORT OF ALISON AS A SCIENCE PROJECT (2.3 MB).
READ THE FINAL NSF REPORT OF ALISON AS AN EDUCATION PROJECT (672 KB).
SEE THE SNOW MODULE OR DOWNLOAD IT (9.6 MB).
Please send your questions and comments about
the ALISON project, data or website to Kim Morris.
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