20 Schools- 200 Students- ARCTIC SCIENCE DAY at FortWhyte Alive!

200 Junior High students are coming to Winnipeg  in the name of Science. Twenty schools  will  send their Science students here  Thursday to investigate the impact of Climate Change.  FortWhyte Alive , is the site for ARCTIC SCIENCE DAY , a full  day to study climate change our far north..

It’s a collaboration between FortWhyte , The U of M’s Centre for Earth Observation Sciences  and the Schools involved on Board-Arctic-Net. Thursday’s participants will experience fieldwork in what’s called , “ Winnipeg’s own Arctic”,  the  frozen Lake  where birds land  during the Spring and Fall  migrations at FortWhyte Alive. Considered a hands on learning symposium for the  students to help them understand climate change impact.  This  is a day to engage in many science driven activities , from ice and snow sampling to meteorology, marine and fish biology ,  many aspects now having an affect on our Far North.

This isn’t a simple walk around and day off from school. It’s a true Scientific Adventure.Last year  students took an ice core out of the lake, collected and analyzed water samples for aquatic life, measured the weather conditions, tracked a GPS tag on a ‘beluga,’ examined artifacts from Paleo-Inuit archeological digs, and discovered the science behind mercury contamination in the food chain. Learn more about FortWhite Alive Nature Centre @ https://www.fortwhyte.org