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Student Researchers from Alaska, Montana and Washington Present and Learn at the Northwest GLOBE Student Research Symposium
On 24 April 2023, 65 students from 21 schools from Alaska, Montana and Washington gathered together at the Wedgewood Hotel and Conference Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the 2023 Northwest Regional GLOBE Student Research Symposium. The day started with a land acknowledgement and blessing from an Alaska Native Tanana Athabascan Elder and concluded with songs, drumming and stories from a Gwich'in singer.
During the day, students presented 26 posters to 17 reviewers and participated in peer review. After their presentations, students did a GLOBECaching adventure, measured snow with NASA SnowEx scientists, did an ice-themed data discovery activity, and reflected through a guided storytelling activity. A GIS StoryMap shows where the students were from and highlights their GLOBECaching activity.
On 25 April, the students took on the role of college student for the day. They got to be a UAF "Nanook" on a tour of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, including a visit to Rural Student Services student lounge. At the UA Museum of the North, students had free time to visit the museum, look at special ice and snow related collections that related to their research topics, and participate in a futures thinking activity led by the UAF Climate Scholars Program. A highlight included lunch at the UAF cafeteria.
Students were recognized for their projects in six categories:
Use of GLOBE Protocols/Data: Michael Duran, Mia Winter and Ma'karii Martinez from Metlakatla,AK - Metlakatla Homeschool for Water Quality and Salmon Return
Research Process (2 projects recognized):
- Brinley Keller and Avril Burgstahler from Palmer, AK - Palmer High School for Get My Drift: Snow Drift Chemistry
- Aleah Gustafson and Ariannna Hendrickson from Palmer, AK - Palmer High School for Inhaling Art: PM2.5 Levels in the Art Room
Community Impact and Engagement (2 projects recognized):
- Arline Zulbeari and Torin Bernard from Bethel, AK - Bethel Regional High School for Bethel Beaver (Paluqtaq) Lodge Study
- Kiley Hayden and Kayla Effemka from Sleetmute, AK -Jack Egnaty Sr School for Ice Thickness and Spring Flood Probability
Indigenous/community knowledge: Brian Henry and Samuel Charlie from Bethel, AK - Bethel Regional High School for Effects of Global Climate Change on Winter Travel in the Bethel Region
21st Century Skills: Brieena Shelborne and Mary Schelborne from McGrath, AK -McGrath School for Why doesn't the bog freeze at Science Camp Slough?
Photo caption: Participants at the 2023 Northwest Regional GLOBE Student Research Symposium. Photo by Tohru Saito.
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