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| Visit Antarctica with NCED | | A team of international researchers spent 14 days in Antarctica's Dry Valleys to test-run innovative mapping techniques developed by NCED. Paul Morin, NCED Visualization, is working with this team to collect data using air photos, airborne and ground LIDAR (laser imaging detection and ranging), spy satellite photos, and stereo high-definition video. Ultimately, when all of the data is collected, it will be used to create a 3D geologic model of all of Antarctica's Dry Valleys. This model will be a large-scale, multipurpose map, a living document, to be used and updated by people doing work in the field. To view the podcasts from this expedition, click here. |  | | Left photo: Adelie Penguin near Scott Base on Ross Island. Right photo: Bull Pass Camp in Antarctica's Dry Valleys. | | |
| NCED Sponsors Science Literacy Workshop | | Recently, NCED sponsored a three-day workshop to promote an understanding of the Atlas of Science Literacy maps: graphical maps designed to show the science concepts students need to know to reach Project 2061's 12th grade science benchmarks. Project 2061 is an ongoing American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) initiative, begun in 1985, to help all Americans become literate in science, mathematics, and technology. NCED staff, Science Museum of Minnesota staff, NCED Board Member Tony Murphy, and District Science Coordinators from several Minnesota school districts came together for this unique professional development opportunity. | | |
