Polar Research Linked With Education at Columbia

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Polar Research Linked With Education at Columbia
Shear failure pattern in clay similar to that
observed in sea ice Tremblay
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• PhD Graduate Students in Earth and Environmental
  Sciences
• ca. 80 students/year
• Dynamics of Climate (Rind)
• Radiative Processes of Climate (Lacis)
• Ocean Dynamics (Ou)
• Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis (Martinson)
• Adv Isotope Geochemistry (Goldstein)
• Tracer Oceanography (Schlosser)
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Visbeck and Polvani
  with Applied Math)
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• Physical Oceanography Seminar (Tremblay The Role
  of Polar Regions in Global Climate)
• Biology Paleoenvironment Seminar
• Marine Geology and Geophysics Seminar
• Seismology, Geology, Tectonophysic Seminar
• Earth Science Colloquium

• Undergraduate Environmental and other Science
  Majors
• ca. 50 Students/year
• Earth's Environmental Systems Climate (Pfirman,
  Hays, Gordon, deMenocal, Visbeck, Hemming
  development of this course was funded by NSF)
• Upper Level Undergrads, Lower Level Grads
• Paleoceanography (Fairbanks)
• Principles of Physical Oceanography (Visbeck and
  Gordon)
• Earth's Oceans and Atmosphere (Gordon)
• Climatic Change (Fairbanks)
• Marine Sediments and Stratigraphy (Ryan and
  deMenocal)
• Student Research Experiences
• (e.g. Anderson, Burkle, Goldstein, Hemming)

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• K-12
• e.g. Reports from the Field to Glacier
  (Vaillancourt)
• Teacher Programs ca. 15/session
• Earth2Class (Visbeck, Studinger)
• Broader Community 100s/yr
• Open House (e.g. Goldstein, AMORE Visbeck,
  NAOArctic sea-ice)
• Earth Institute Lecture Series (Bell, Lake
  Vostok)

• Undergraduate Non-Majors ca. 150 Students/yr
• Barnard First Year Seminar Exploring the Poles
  (Pfirman and Bell)
• Barnard Intro Astronomy I Life in the Universe'
  (Studinger, Lake Vostok) 65 students
• Science and Society (deMenocal, rapid climate
  change) 65 students
• Oceanography at Fairleigh Dickinson (Robertson,
  Antarctic tidal results)
• MPA 43 Students/yr
• Climate and Water (Visbeck and Louchouarn )

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Earths Environmental Systems ClimateRequired
of All Columbia and Barnard Undergraduate
Environmental Majors
Saline Bottom Water
Examples of Case Studies for Undergraduates
NAO/AO, Arctic Warming, Ice Station Weddell
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Examples of Student Research Experiences

• Anderson and Burckle
• This past summer, 3 REU students, 2 supported by
  an NSF-OPP grant, 1 by Dallas Abbotts REU
  program, and 1 non REU student. The students
  were working on stratigraphy and
  paleo-productivity of the Southern Ocean.
• 2 presenting results at Fall AGU meeting.
• 1 presenting results at the Ocean Sciences
  meeting.

• Goldstein and Hemming
• 2 undergraduate students studying the provenance
  of Antarctic detritus and patterns of dispersion
  in the Circum-Antarctic during the Holocene and
  LGM funded by OPP.
• Goldstein
• A high school student from Westchester studying
  polar volcanism as part of the Gakkel Ridge grant.

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Earth2Class (E2C) is a unique science/math
/technology learning resource for K-12 students,
teachers, and administrators created through the
collaboration of researchers at the
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, curriculum and
technology integration specialists from Teachers
College, Columbia University, and classroom
teachers from the New York City metropolitan
area. E2C relies on the synergy of specialists
in curriculum, educational technology, and
scientific research, but the key feature is
involvement of the Lamont scientists.
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Exploring the Poles Barnard First Year Seminar
Women, Non-Majors
In the Footsteps of Nansen Simulated Student
Expeditions After 4 Years of Drift
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Climate and WaterRequired of all MPAs in
Environmental Science and Policy
Discussion sessions involve the critical
assessment of either controversial scientific
positions related to climate and water issues, or
more detailed descriptions of issues viewed in
class. These sessions will involve and require
small group interactions, reporting, and in some
instances the debate of researched materials
assigned prior to scheduled meetings. Laboratory
sessions involve both hands-on and minds-on
exercises that will require either individual or
small group work/reporting.