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2023 GLOBE Northwest Regional Student Research Symposium

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK

April 24-25, 2023

Read the event highlights here!

Satellites and citizen science: Predicting Alaska’s spring breakup, by Grace Veenstra, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 4, 2023

Student and educator in front of their SRS poster

Students and educator in front of their SRS poster. Photo by Katie Spellman.

Projects Presented at the 2023 Northwest Student Research Symposium:

Project Title School
The Battle of the Strongest Ice Anne Hopkins Wien Elementary
Water Quality and Riparian Zone Survey of Alaska's Salcha River Ben Eielson/BEST High School
Bethel Beaver (paluqtaq) Lodge Study (recognized for Community Impact and Engagement) Bethel Regional High School
Effects of Global Climate Change on Winter Travel in the Bethel Region (recognized for Indigenous/Community Knowledge) Bethel Regional High School
Sensational SILT: Sediment in Different Parts of the Tanana River Cyberlynx
Yukon River Ice Thickness Correlation to Thermal vs. Dynamic Breakup Eagle Community School
Eyes on Ice: Monitoring ice and snow on the Chena River Effie Kokrine Charter School
Cloud Development on Unimak Island (recognized with Reviewers Choice) False Pass School
Winter Lake Stratification and Effects on Water Quality and Protist Presence Galena City School District
Ice Thickness and Spring Flood Probability (recognized for Community Impact and Engagement) Jack Egnaty Sr School
T'saih ghyaa & tuu. (Icy crystal snow & Ice) Comparing Lake and River Breakup John Fredson School
Why doesn't the bog freeze at Science Camp Slough? (recognized for 21st Century Skills) McGrath School
Water Quality and Salmon Return: Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen (recognized for Use of GLOBE Protocols/Data) Metlakatla Homeschool
Inhaling Art: PM2.5 Levels in the Art Room (recognized for Research Process) Palmer High School
Get My Drift? Snow Drift Chemistry (recognized for Research Process) Palmer High School
How Low Can You Go: Lat. & Long. Humidity Ronan Middle School
How's the Air 'R🌎und There? Ronan Middle School
Seedy Seeds Salcha Elementary
Water Depth, Snow Depth, & Ice Thickness on the Yukon River & Alexander Lake Sidney Huntington Elementary School
Effect of Forest Type on Snow Depth Sidney Huntington Elementary School
Comparing Current Data to stories of the past Tok School UAF
Snow Queens Upstream Learning
Conclusion on Willow Creek Ice Formation, 2023 Upstream Learning
The pH of Snow on Cripple Creek Spring 2023 West Valley High School
The Effect of Tree Size on Bird Diversity in Randle WA White Pass
The Effects of Forest Fires on Cloud Formation and Accumulation White Pass

 

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