Last Day and Challenge for the Future

Here we are on our last day in front of the CNSC logo.  I spent one last morning in the observation dome and watched as the local arctic hare hopped around the parking lot.  It was a cold, rainy, windy day.  An arctic storm up north delayed our flight and some of us missed our connections.  We were ready to go at 10am - Churchill time.  Our flight left a couple of hours later.  I got home at about 2 am Eastern time.  

CHALLENGE: How long was I traveling?

IT IS NOT OVER.  Please continue to visit this site:

This trip focused on gathering data to see how the environment in Churchill is changing due to the change in the climate. We took a close look at the trees and soil in the area.  The Churchill scientists will be spending a great deal of time looking at our data and collecting future data to see how the trees and soil change as the climate gets warmer.  The goal is to see how climate change may help or hinder living populations.   Humans depend on the plants and animals around them.  If the change in the climate starts to hurt the plants and animals then the scientists will try to find a way to keep them healthy. They are trying to keep the entire planet healthy.

Some of the things that people do can harm the planet and the different environments around the world.  My future posts will take a closer look at how people are taking care of the environment.  My goal is to help students, teachers and people in the community (Glastonbury, internet, world) think about what else we can do to take care of our planet.

Challenge:  List some of the ways that you might already be helping to take care of the environment. List the ways that you might be able to do more to help the environment.

I would love for you to share your ideas, questions, web sites on this topic  etc.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Miss Santoro

Special thanks to: HSBC for sponsoring me, Earthwatch Institute, Anna Janovicz, the CNSC staff and scientists, Steve Mamet, Dr. Peter Kershaw and Carley Basler, Audrey - our chef, Adam - the dishwasher, Sheldon - our tour guide, Glastonbury School District, the Hopewell staff,  the Nayaug staff, Howard Gunther,   Becky Eckert, Barbara Suida,  the PACE Resource Teachers,  the parents who helped their children go on the computer to be part of this interactive science trip, Karen Groves and Tammy Boyd, the Churchill Hospital staff, the warm Churchill residents,my family and friends who followed along and added great questions and comments, the other amazing teacher volunteers who made this trip so amazing and totally entertaining even when we were all exhausted, and the wonderful students near and far who made this interactive blog, web conference and satellite call a successful learning experience for us all (of course that includes Teresa and Trevor!). 

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