Education

Education Collaboration Provides Motivation for Science Exploration
Dec 20, 2012       
Kids and adults flock to Cape Cod National Seashore for close-up look at science facility Science education is alive and well! At nearly the halfway point of the ARM Facility’s Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) at Cape Cod National Seashore, more than 852 students and adults from throughout Cape Cod visited the ARM Mobile Facility site [...]

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ARM Education Receives Seal of Approval
Aug 14, 2012       
ARM’s lesson plan, “Effects of Solar Radiation on Land and Sea” was recently selected for inclusion in the NSF-funded Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network’s (CLEAN) collection of educational resources. Receipt of the prestigious CLEAN seal means that the selected resource passed an extensive peer-review by educators and scientists to ensure adherence to stringent Climate [...]

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Science Lesson Starts in the Yard
Jun 06, 2012       
What began with the discovery of an interesting "white thing" in Madie Houdeshell's yard led to a science assembly for fourth and fifth grade students at Udall Elementary School in Kansas. They learned all about weather balloons, why they are used, and how the sensor package ended up in Madie's yard. In April, Madie was outside [...]

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Mega Science Festival Draws Mega Crowds
May 23, 2012       
How do you interest kids in science, technology, engineering, and math? Hold the country's largest science fair. Drawing the second biggest crowd in Washington Convention Center history, the second USA Science & Engineering Festival was held in Washington D.C. from April 27-29. ARM Education and Outreach exhibited at all three days of [...]

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Fairbanks Middle Schoolers Enjoy Field Trip to Barrow
May 11, 2012       
In April, the 8th grade class from Watershed School in Fairbanks, Alaska, made the long trek to the North Slope for a week-long field trip filled with science, history, and cultural studies. Their field trip included a visit to the ARM site in Barrow, where NSA Site Manager Mark Ivey, along with Facilities Manager and [...]

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