Be part of NOVA on three digital area journeys this month in celebration of Earth Day and Environmental Schooling Month. We will likely be stay streaming a presentation and Q&A with three scientists doing Earth science analysis in excessive environments on the poles. 

We all know that many courses are assembly just about now on account of college closures from the coronavirus pandemic and we invite you to hitch the dialog along with your college students on the NOVA Schooling Fb web page the place we will likely be internet hosting the digital area journeys. If you happen to’re occupied with attending any of those journeys along with your courses, please RSVP to novaeducation@wgbh.org

Assist a Satellite tv for pc from the South Pole

Wednesday, April 15, 2020
1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
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For our first digital area journey, Dr. Kelly Brunt (Affiliate Analysis Scientist with the College of Maryland and NASA) will focus on how researchers are monitoring the modifications at Earth’s poles utilizing satellites with centimeter degree accuracy.

Have a good time Earth Day with Dr. Kirk Johnson

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
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For our second digital area journey, rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day with Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian Nationwide Museum of Nationwide Historical past and host of NOVA Polar Extremes. Hear about a few of his favourite locations on planet Earth, and why it is important to proceed studying about our planet.

Surviving (and Thriving) in a Polar Desert

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
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For our third digital area journey, Melisa Diaz, a PhD scholar at Ohio State College, will focus on how organisms have survived for tens of millions of years within the salty, dry soils within the dry valleys of Antarctica.