MONTGOMERY, AL – Live from Antarctica! Alabama students are travelling to Antarctica on a virtual field trip using the statewide ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide) Distance Learning network. Students from 24 schools across Alabama can speak live with a University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) research team stationed in Antarctica.
UAB marine ecologists and their graduate research assistants are in the middle of four months of research to study the marine wildlife of the Antarctic seas. The live Q&A event will beam the UAB researchers via satellite from Palmer Station in the Antarctic Peninsula into 24 Alabama classrooms. Participating classes have followed eight weeks of specially designed curriculum to learn about the continent of Antarctica and its unique geography and science. Classroom lessons and other resources are posted on the UAB in Antarctica website.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 28
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, 9-9:50 a.m.
Cherokee High School, Cherokee, AL, Colbert County Schools
Marion County High School, Guin, AL, Marion County Schools
Southside High School, Southside, AL, Etowah County Schools
West Limestone High School, Lester, AL, Limestone County Schools
Verbena High School, Verbena, AL, Chilton County Schools
Jemison High School, Jemison, AL, Chilton County Schools
Bibb County High School, Centreville, AL, Bibb County Schools
Hillcrest High School, Tuscaloosa, AL, Tuscaloosa County Schools
Charles Henderson High School, Troy, AL, Troy City Schools
Clarke County High School, Grove Hill, AL, Clarke County Schools
Fairhope High School, Fairhope, AL, Baldwin County Schools
Daphne High School, Daphne, AL, Baldwin County Schools
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, 10:05-11 a.m.
J. B Pennington High School, AL, Blountsville, AL, Blount County Schools
Cleburne County High School, Heflin, AL, Cleburne County Schools
Gaston High School, Gadsden, AL, Etowah County Schools
Spring Garden High School, Spring Garden, AL, Cherokee County Schools
Hoover High School, Hoover, AL, Hoover City Schools
Sylacauga High School, Sylacauga, AL, Sylacauga City Schools
Francis Marion High School, Marion, AL, Perry County Schools
Lanett High School, Lanett, AL, Lanett City Schools
Goshen High School, Goshen, AL, Pike County Schools
Robertsdale High School, Robertsdale, AL, Baldwin County Schools
Thomasville High School, Thomasville, AL, Thomasville City Schools
Smiths Station High School, Smiths Station, AL, Lee County Schools
The Antarctica Virtual Field Trip is supported by Alabama Public Television (APT), which is providing additional UAB in Antarctica educational opportunities through APT Plus, the Alabama Department of Education, ACCESS Distance Learning, Alabama Supercomputer Authority and National Science Foundation.
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