Kids Talk Radio Journalists and their instructors want to get math integrated into their curriculum. We are sending students to the Antarctic Peninsula to study global warming and climate change issues. We want to challenge our students to think about the important environmental problems that face the world today. We need math to help with the critical thinking involved with solving real world problems. We asked Dr. Carole Beal from the University of Arizona to help our Kids Talk Radio Science Journalists to integrate mathematics into our new environmental science project based learning curriculum.
Integrating Mathematics: The Kids Talk Radio Antarctica Project
By Dr. Carole Beal, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Arizona
Ask a student about his or her math class and, all too often, you’ll get a weary sigh. “Math is boring.” “I’m just not good at it.” “Why do we need to know this stuff anyway?” Even the most talented math teacher can find it difficult to get all his or her students excited about topics like fractions, coordinate planes, negative fractions and algebra. Failure rates in algebra classes are running 40% or more in some large school districts. At the same time, our nation is becoming desperate for people who have the mathematical expertise to solve our most critical scientific, technical and medical challenges.
How can we help students understand what math is good for and why they should become good at it? Math educators tell us that students need to ground their understanding of math in meaningful problems and situations, not just stare at a textbook page covered with dry formulas or complete rows of worksheet problems that do not seem to have any bearing on their lives.
In our Animal Watch project, we’ve been exploring the strategy of connecting math learning with environmental science. Even the most jaded teens are often deeply concerned about the environment and climate change: issues that will directly affect them in their lifetimes. Students can learn math while they are studying the impact of global warming on sea levels, or how the growth of the human population is threatening the habitat of the Giant Panda in China, or how to use data from radio tags to track where White Sharks travel as they migrate across the Pacific. We’ve found that students improve their math skills and feel more confident about their ability to do well in math after working with our program.
Now we’re going to take it to the next level: Instead of reading about environmental science adventures on the computer, working with numbers and data that other people have collected, students will go on science missions themselves! They’ll travel to places like Antarctica, the Amazon Basin, and the Biosphere 2 in the Sonoran Desert to study scientific problems, tackling real challenges and working with real numbers. They can work with scientists who rely on mathematics to discover new treasures in nature and to find solutions to our most pressing global problems. Even tackling the challenges of traveling to remote and extreme locations builds math skills: imagine going out on the ice for the day to collect core samples without knowing exactly how long your fuel supply will last – which requires calculating the effects of temperature on fuel consumption. Get your calculations wrong, and you’ve got a long walk back to base!
Scientists doing field research use math constantly as an integral part of what they do and where they work. Students can learn and use the same skills by being part of the adventure. Their field notes, lab books and reports can be shared with teachers through e-portfolios that demonstrate what they did and how math was involved. Ultimately, their work can become the basis for math activities that can be tackled by students at home base. Not everyone can travel to the Amazon “for real” but everyone can be part of the adventure in real time by tuning in to broadcasts and reading blog posts from the field, working with the same data and even posing requests for new data to be collected by the kids who are on site. The real beauty of the idea is that students will learn that math is not an end in itself – it’s a set of tools that can be used to answer questions that they care about, and maybe even to pose questions that no one else has even thought about before.
Carole Beal is Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She studies how online learning systems can help middle and high school students master math and science. Current projects include an online mathematics tutoring to help English Learners improve their math scores, and an online system for students with visual impairments. She also directs the Animal Watch project in which students practice math skills as they learn about endangered species and environmental science. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, Dr. Beal directed the K12@USC project at the University of Southern California, and worked with students in the Green Dot Schools as well as other districts in the Los Angeles area. She earned her doctorate in psychology at Stanford University in 1984.
What can we do to help?
Good News for Science Teachers
NSF and UMass partner to fund STEM Polar Connections, a program designed to help middle and high school teachers integrate Polar science in the classroom. By News Report Take a look at this original STEM program brought forth by NSF and UMass -- a clever way to blend STEM teachings and environmental awareness.
Funded by NSF and by UMass Amherst, STEM Polar Connections is designed to promote the teaching of science concepts and processes related to the Polar Regions and to emphasize connections to state and national science standards for the middle and high school. It includes a one-week summer institute, academic-year online discussion forums and features a variety of proven techniques for effective teaching, including inquiry-based teaching, cooperative learning and methods for formative assessment of student learning.
The summer institute will focus on current science research in the Polar Regions and making connections to the science curriculum within participating teachers' regions. It will address the rapid changes occurring in the physical environment, the corresponding impact on the biosphere and the history and politics of the Polar Regions. During the institute, participants will preview the curriculum units provided and draft a plan for incorporating materials into their classroom instruction. They will complete their plans in the fall, using the online discussion forums to facilitate collaborative efforts among participants and UMass faculty.
Application process: Teachers should prepare a narrative statement of how they plan to use the information from this institute within their classroom and their plans to disseminate the study of Polar Regions within their school, school district and a wider region within their geographic area. Please include a specific regional venue that you plan to attend for dissemination of the information gained during the institute. Applications are due April 1, 2009. Late applications will be accepted on a space-available basis.
For additional information on the program and application forms visit the UMass Web site.
Kid's Talk Radio Video Interviews
Bob,Rachel, and Doug at Wilson High School looking for Kid's Talk Radio Journalist who want to go to Antarctica.
Science & Technology Filed Trips to Antarctica with Doug Stoup & Bob Barboza
The New C-SPAN Project
C-SPANS Annual Video Documentary Project
Dear Bob Barboza and the Kid?s Talk Radio News Team:
StudentCam 2009 is underway and the deadline for video submissions is a little more than three months away! StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual video documentary competition that asks students in middle and high school (grades 6-12) to seriously think about issues affecting the United States. This year, students are asked to create a short, 5- 8 minute documentary addressing the topic, "A Message to the New President: What is the most urgent message for the new president to address and why?"
A total of $50,000 in prizes will be awarded, and the deadline for submission is Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009. Beginning November 1st, students will be able to both complete their entry form and upload their video online!
We've created a one-page StudentCam sheet for your use. We hope you'll email it to your students and other teachers, print off and distribute to students, or, post in your classroom. Click here for the one-sheet PDF http://www.studentcam.org/studentcam_one_sheet.pdf
And for complete information about the competition, visit StudentCam's website, www.studentcam.org.
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Questions or comments? Please send them to educate@c-span.org or Suprschool@aol.com
The Antarctica Trip
Bob Barboza and Doug Stoup are taking students to Antarctica. We want to learn about global warming first hand. We will be aboard a ship with scientists, educators, and expedition leader Doug Stoup. Doug carried the Olympic Touch to the North Pole just before the Olympics. We want to participate in this exciting C-SPAN project and we want you to join us. Questions:Suprschool@aol.com
Bob Barboza recruiting journalist for the Antarctica trip.
The Worlds Greatest Field Trip
We want to find out what is going on with Global Warming. Is our climate changing? Where hear a lot in the news these days about climate change.
Simply put: global warming is the single biggest environmental concern facing our planet today. Kid’s Talk Radio, Jr. Medical School, Jr. Business School, Jr. law School, and the ICE AXE Corporation are taking scientists and kids to Antarctica on October 29, 2008 through November 10, 2008. Students will board a ship in Argentina and then go directly to Antarctica. Expedition leader Doug Stoup will coordinate things in Antarctica and Bob Barboza will coordinate the Kid’s Talk Radio Science Show from the United States. Our Jr. Medical School and Kid’s Talk Radio students aboard the ship will board the news from Antarctica to the USA each day. Barboza will coordinate the school in the United States and then relay the news around the world. This will end up being the ultimate school field trip.
We have a Kid’s Talk Radio station setup in Mississippi and one set up in Long Beach, California. Students at the Green Dot Charter Schools in Los Angeles will receive the science news from Antarctica.
Doug and Bob Barboza have toured and spoken to students in the Wilson High School journalism classrooms and we visited all the classrooms at Locke Tech High School in Watts, California. Barboza was later given a tour of the new Locke High School in Los Angeles.
“We are excited about bringing new opportunities to students in the inner city.” Said Barboza.
You can read all about us in the June isssue of National Geographic Traveler.
Doug Stoup is in National Geographic.
Bob Barboza will help students to connect to Doug Stoup and our Jr. Medical School and Kid's Talk Radio reporters in Antarctica. These are students at Animo Locke Tech High School. This is a Green Dot Charter School that Bob Barboza works with.
Doug Stoup gets interviewed at Kid's Talk Radio in Long Beach
High Motivational Science Traveling Schools
Who is Doug Stoup and why does he travel to the North and South Poles?
For over a decade, Doug Stoup has traveled, climbed, skied and snowboarded at some of the most remote regions on the planet. He climbed three of the seven summits (Denali, Kilimanjaro and Vinson Massif). He was part of the First Ski and Snowboard Descent of Vinson Massif (the highest peak in Antarctica). He also became the first American male to ski to the South Pole.
-- Recent journeys have included South Georgia Island for the filming of Warren Miller's feature film, STORM, Anvers Island (off the coast of Antarctica), Ama Dablam and Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, and the ever-popular Ice Bike Expedition on the glacial ice around Patriot Hills, Antarctica.
-- Last year, Doug participated in Pole Track -- an international North Pole expedition supporting climate change research on the Arctic Ocean.
-- When not on the ice, Doug speaks to students around the country, and encourages them to interact in his adventures through the ICEAXEKIDS.COM website. He shares his experiences and desire to succeed with young people. He also guides and lectures business leaders on motivational and team-building skills. Doug believes that, "it's through the struggles and failures in life that we find personal success and happiness."
-- Doug has received major media coverage throughout his career and his video footage has appeared on numerous television programs and films. He is one of the pioneers of sending audio and video via satellite phone over the internet from remote expeditions around the world.
-- Doug has planned dozens of student presentations and lectures throughout the U.S. for 2007, and also plans to participate in guiding underprivileged children to Antarctica and to offer an ICE AXE KIDS educational scholarship.
Talk to me about cold weather.
When you are in Antarctica you have to work like a team.
This is the trip of a lifetime.
Taking photos for National Geographic.
We design our own custom software for our project based learning program. Our distance learning science programs
Kid's Talk Radio is going to Antarctica.
Kid's Talk Radio & Jr. Medical School
We are going to the Antarctic Peninsula. Come to our high motivational school in our new floating science classroom.
The Ice Axe Foundation is encouraging educators and students (16 years or older) to join us October 29th-November 10th, 2008 as we journey to the Antarctic Peninsula. Aboard the ship will be a very knowledgeable expedition leader, a historian, marine biologist, ornithologist as well as world class athletes. Educators will have the opportunity to broadcast the experience back to their home classrooms, school districts and communities. Basic Curriculums have been developed in partnership with the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium that educators can use to compliment the expedition.
Kid's Talk Radio and Jr. Medical School students will receive special training for this science adventure by the Super School University Support Staff. Students will have an opportunity to share Podcast and Zcasts with other students in the United States through Bob Barboza and the Kid's Talk Radio and Teen TV News Network.
We have created a package for Educators that includes the following:
--Flights to and from home destination to Ushuaia, AR-the starting destination for the Cruise would not be included
--Hotel Accomodations for one night in Ushuaia --Deluxe Accomodations aboard the M/V Orlova --Inspirational Lecture Programming presented by Doug Stoup to your school district or community. --Live video and audio broadcasts from the Ice --Website for students and community members to follow the expedition through video, audio, photos and blogs on www.iceaxekids.com
The students will need to arrive in Ushuaia by October 29th, where there will be a welcome dinner. The ship will leave port on October 30th and return November 10th. Most flights require a layover in BA, so guests will need to allow a day of travel time on each end of the trip. It takes time to travel to the end of the earth!
The total package is $8,000 per person. excluding flights to and from Ushuia, Argentina
We are taking students on a trip that they will never forget.
ANTARCTICA TRIP PROPOSED ITINERARY*
(Oct. 29) Arrive in Ushuaia, Argentina. Overnight in Ushuaia. Day 1-3 (Oct. 30 - Nov. 2) Board the M/V Orlova and set sail down the Beagle Channel, across the Drake Passage to Deception Island. Sperm, fin, and humpback whales, along with skies of seabirds will accompany our journey. Arrive at Deception Island's volcanic crater and thermal pools. Day 4 (Nov. 3) Ski objectives at Neko Harbour/Paradise Bay. Zodiac cruises, penguin rookeries, hiking. Almirante Brown Station. Day 5 (Nov. 4) Ronge Island and Mt. Britannia Georges Point. Day 6 (Nov. 5) Ski objectives at Anvers and Wenke Islands. Port Lockroy scientific base and museum. Visit gentoo and adelie penguin habitat at Dorian Bay and Damoy Point.
Day 7 (Nov. 6) Lemaire Channel (ice conditions permitting - at Captain's discretion) / Mt. Scott / Mt. Demaria / Mt. Mill ski descents. Visit the Ukrainian Vernadsky scientific station. Possible killer whale and leopard seal sightings. (alt. Girard Bay, Arago Glacier in Anvord Bay). Day 8 (Nov. 7) Errera Channel visiting Danco Island and Cuverville Island. Day 9 (Nov. 8) Orne Island and Portal Point and maybe Lagarrigue Cove before we depart North across the Drake Passage. Day 10 (Nov. 9-10) Sail Drake Passage; pass the dramatic cliffs of Cape Horn. Disembark M/V Orlova in Ushuaia, Argentina. • Flexibility is necessary for all Antarctic travel. Schedule subject to change throughout the journey depending on ice, weather and local conditions.
Environmental Note: While no one owns Antarctica, it is protected by an international Treaty. Central to the Antarctic Treaty is the preservation of the environment and wildlife. While visiting, anything you take with you from the ship, must be brought back to the ship.
We have a variety of high motivational math,science, and journalist projects planned throughout the year. We invite you to follow our progress and to find a creative way to get involved.
How would you like to take your next science course in Antarctica?
The Ultimate Classroom: Antarctica
Kid's Talk Radio has plans to make it possible for three American high school students to travel to Antarctica. One student will be from our Super School University Jr. Medical School Program. Two students will represent the Kid's Talk Radio Science Journalism Program. All students will take a special training program to get them ready for this new Doug Stoup Science Adventure. If you want to get kids excited about learning try taking your classroom to Antarctica.
What you should know about Antarctica? Part 1
Antarctica is divided in two by the Transantarctic Mountains close to the neck between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea. The portion west of the Weddell Sea and east of the Ross Sea is called Western Antarctica and the remainder Eastern Antarctica, because they roughly correspond to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres relative to the Greenwich meridian. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, a sheet of ice averaging at least 1.6 kilometers (1.0 mi) thick. The continent has about 90% of the world's ice (and thereby about 70% of the world's fresh water). If all of this ice were melted, sea levels would rise about 60 meters (200 ft). In most of the interior of the continent, precipitation is very low, down to 20 millimeters (0.8 in) per year; in a few "blue ice" areas precipitation is lower than mass loss by sublimation and so the local mass balance is negative. In the dry valleys the same effect occurs over a rock base, leading to a desiccated landscape. Western Antarctica is covered by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The sheet has been of recent concern because of the real, if small, possibility of its collapse. If the sheet were to break down, ocean levels would rise by several meters in a relatively geologically short period of time, perhaps a matter of centuries. Several Antarctic ice streams, which account for about 10% of the ice sheet, flow to one of the many Antarctic ice shelves.
Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island. Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica at 4,892 meters (16,050 ft), is located in the Ellsworth Mountains. Antarctica contains many other mountains, both on the main continent and the surrounding islands. Although Antarctica is home to many volcanoes, only Mount Erebus is known to be active. Located on Ross Island, Erebus is the southernmost active volcano. There is another famous volcano called Deception Island, which is famous for its giant eruption in 1970. Minor eruptions are frequent and lava flow has been observed in recent years. Other dormant volcanoes may potentially be active. In 2004, an underwater volcano was found in the Antarctic Peninsula by American and Canadian researchers. Recent evidence shows this unnamed volcano may be active. Antarctica is home to more than 70 lakes that lie thousands of meters under the surface of the continental ice sheet. Lake Vostok, discovered beneath Russia's Vostok Station in 1996, is the largest of these subglacial lakes. It was once believed that the lake had been sealed off for 500,000 to one million years but a recent survey suggests that, every so often, there are large flows of water from one lake to another. There is some evidence, in the form of ice cores drilled to about 400 meters (1,300 ft) above the water line, that Vostok's waters may contain microbial life. The frozen surface of the lake shares similarities with Jupiter's moon Europa. If life is discovered in Lake Vostok, this would strengthen the argument for the possibility of life on Europa. On 7 February 2008, a NASA team embarked on a mission to Lake Untersee, searching for extremophiles in its highly-alkaline waters. If found, these resilient creatures could further bolster the argument for extraterrestrial life in extremely cold, methane-rich environments.
Our first stop before Antarctica is Argentina.
We will all fly to Argentina.
All of our students must fly to Argentina in order to catch the ship for Antarctica. Once aboard our science ship, your adventure begins. Each night you will be treated to a lecture from one of our scientists. Our Kid's Talk Radio and Jr. Medical School students will interview all of the explores, scientists and athletes aboard the ship.
Learning about Coastal areas and seasin Argentina
Argentina has 4,665 km (2,899 mi) of coastline.[29] The continental platform is unusually wide; in Argentina this shallow area of the Atlantic Ocean is called Mar Argentino. The waters are rich in fisheries and suspected of holding important hydrocarbon energy resources. Argentina's coastline varies between areas of sand dunes and cliffs. The two major ocean currents affecting the coast are the warm Brazil Current and the cold Falkland Current (Spanish: corriente antártica or corriente de las Malvinas). Because of the unevenness of the coastal landmass, the two currents alternate in their influence on climate and do not allow temperatures to fall evenly with higher latitude. The southern coast of Tierra del Fuego forms the north shore of the Drake Passage. Climate
Main article: Climate of Argentina
Because of longitudinal and elevation amplitudes, Argentina is subject to a variety of climates. As a rule, the climate is predominantly temperate with extremes ranging from subtropical in the north to subpolar in the far south. The north of the country is characterized by very hot, humid summers with mild drier winters, and is subject to periodic droughts. Central Argentina has hot summers with thunderstorms (in western Argentina producing some of the world's largest hail), and cool winters. The southern regions have warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall, especially in mountainous zones. Higher elevations at all latitudes experience cooler conditions.
The hottest and coldest temperature extremes recorded in South America have occurred in Argentina. A record high temperature of 49.1 °C (120.4 °F), was recorded at Villa de María, Córdoba on 2 January 1920. The lowest temperature recorded was −39 °C (−38.2 °F) at Valle de los Patos Superior, San Juan, 17 July 1972.
Major wind currents in Argentina include the cool Pampero blowing on the flat plains of Patagonia and the Pampas; following the cold front, warm currents blow from the north in mid and late-winter, creating mild conditions. The Zonda, a hot and dry wind (see also foehn wind), affects west-central Argentina. Squeezed of all moisture during the 6,000 meter descent from the Andes, Zonda winds can blow for hours with gusts up to 120 km/h, fueling wildfires and causing damage; when the Zonda blows (June-November), snowstorms and blizzard (viento blanco) conditions usually affect the higher elevations.
The Sudestada (“southeasterlies”) could be considered similar to the Noreaster, though snowfall is rarely involved (but is not unprecedented). Both are associated with a deep winter low pressure system. The sudestada usually moderates cold temperatures but brings very heavy rains, rough seas and coastal flooding. It is most common in late autumn and winter along the coasts of central Argentina and in the Río de la Plata estuary.
The southern regions, particularly the far south, experience long periods of daylight from November to February (up to nineteen hours) and extended nights from May to August. All of Argentina uses UTC-3 time zone. The country does observe daylight saving time occasionally; the last summertime began at 0:00 30 December 2007 and ended on 0:00 16 March 2008.
Extremities: Argentina's easternmost continental point is northeast of the town of Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones ( [show location on an interactive map] 26°15′S, 53°38′W), the westernmost in the Mariano Moreno Range in Santa Cruz ( [show location on an interactive map] 49°33′S, 73°35′W). The northernmost point is located at the confluence of the Grande de San Juan and Mojinete rivers, Jujuy ( [show location on an interactive map] 21°46′S, 66°13′W), and the southernmost is Cape San Pío in Tierra del Fuego ( [show location on an interactive map] 55°03′S, 66°31′W).[30]
Map of Argentina
Doug was asked to carry the Olympic Tourch all the way from England to the North Pole.
Don't stop until you get to the North Pole.
Doug Stoup at Kid's Talk Radio in Long Beach.
Doug carried the Olympic Tourch all the way to the North Pole.
Doug Stoup is going to be a Super Sub
Super Subs are members of the community, teachers, school administrators, artists, musicians, scientists,dancers, computer programmers, animators, record producers, and now Doug Stoup.
When the Super Subs go to their next school assignment they are going to bring Doug Stoup along with them. We need another science and technology teacher and Doug is one of the best. Bob Barboza asked Doug if he played any musical instruments. Every Super Sub has to play a musical instrument in addition to teaching an academic subject. Doug plays the harmonica.
Doug integrates math, science, and technology into his training programs. I interviewed Doug for one hour and I learned a ton of information about science and geography.
We completed six new videos and a new one-hour radio show. If you want to learn more about Doug and his adventures check out our latest Kid’s Talk Radio Interview.
Bob Barboza's second Jr. Medical School Class was founded in 2002 and will work with Kid's Talk Radio to contact kids in Antarctica.
Jr. Medical School in Antarctica
Getting To Know Matt and Mikey Thorn Our Jr. Medical School Students
Matt and Mikey Thorn are members of Bob Barboza's Jr. Medical School program. This is a high motivational distance learning program operated out of Super School University in Long Beach, California. At present the boys are learning how to be medical journalist and will publish their Podcasts at Kid's Talk Radio and Teen TV. Matt Thorn is being considered to join a team of explorers and scientists led by Doug Stoup. The team is scheduled to explore Antarctica for 12 days. Kid's Talk Radio will connect 12 high schools to this new distance learning program.
From the outskirts of a small town in Mississippi, big dreams grow. Because of the era to which they have been born, neither geography nor economics can stifle the hope of two teenage boys who dream of becoming doctors. What began as play, and then turned into dreams, is now a goal; a plausible goal in this day of the World Wide Web. No longer are goals grounded by locality to good schools. No longer are high incomes a requirement to high hopes. No longer! Diligence, hard work, persistence; these are the ingredients to a dream-come-true. Mikey and Matt Thorn, ages 12 and 15 respectively, are the children of Mike and Pat Thorn. Mike is employed in a factory and Pat is a housewife. They reside outside the town of Fulton (population under 4,000) in northeast Mississippi. Due to Mikey’s Type 1 Diabetes (diagnosed at age three) combined with migraines, the boys are home schooled by their mother. Home schooling has allowed them to not just take classes, but to engage their minds and hearts as they interact and explore life. They don’t merely study; they experience! By participating in Communicators for Christ as well as the Christian Performing Arts Conference, Matt and Mikey have learned the art of giving a speech. They participate annually in Teen Pact. Teen Pact is a civics camp held at the state capitol. The teens learn how government works and how to have a positive impact in the political/legislative arena. The participation in this program has inspired the boys to hit the streets campaigning for their favorite candidates! They look forward to campaigning in this year’s Presidential election. Both boys are involved in Boy Scouts. Matt has earned his Eagle Scout Award and Mikey is not far behind. Both qualify for the gold level of achievement for the President’s Volunteer Service Award, which is over 100 hours of volunteer service in each of three years, and Matt has qualified for the bronze and silver medals of the Congressional Award (100 hours in personal development, personal fitness, community service, and exploration days). The boys believe strongly in helping others. They live out this belief by going on mission trips, aiding neighbors, and helping to rebuild homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina (aside from family trips to the Gulf Coast, they have volunteered in four Eight Days of Hope). Matt has been on two international medical/dental mission trips to Honduras. They participate monthly in the local food pantry helping to feed over 300 families a month. They are active not only in their church by mowing and recording worship services for the homebound members, but also with the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board. Matt is on the Youth Leadership Team for Lay Renewals and Mikey has participated in two Family MissionFests. They also spend a week each year helping out at the Tupelo Collection Center for Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Franklin Graham’s which collects shoeboxes packed with toys and hygiene and school supplies to be delivered to children around the world who suffer due to war, poverty, disease, or natural disasters. Each boy has discovered his own personal, special interests. Mikey is a brown belt senior in Tae Kwondo and enjoys the competition, strength, discipline, and perfection required in the tournaments. Matt enjoys entomology. Matt attended the 4-H entomology summer camp last year and has collected over 110 different species of insects. Matt and Mikey have set the goal of becoming doctors over 5 years ago. They both feel that this is what they are called to do. By participating in the Northeast Mississippi Medical Center’s Summer Health Academy, they have learned about the medical professions. Matt has been trained to be an instructor in “Health Rocks” through 4-H. As an instructor, Matt will be teaching younger elementary school aged children about healthy life choices. Their greatest opportunity to work towards their dream has been to be a part of the Junior Medical School program. Through this program at Super School University, they have learned not only medical history, but also the application of medical theories and how the sciences can be interwoven into new discoveries. By designing their own websites and podcasting, they are learning how to communicate their knowledge, passion, and visions. Mikey has particularly become interested in the usage of the latest technologies to reach out across the once-held boundary lines of miles and physical limitations. Junior Medical School has opened their minds to possibilities and their hearts to the adventures in the medical field as they teleconferenced with explorer Doug Stoup in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Their dream has become their goal and their goal their life purpose: to serve others through medicine. The adventure that lies before them will strengthen their desire, give them the confirmation that their dream is indeed within their reach. The things they will learn they will carry forward to every aspect of their life, but even more importantly they will use this knowledge to serve others and pass on to the next generation that dreams can come true.
Come with us to Antarctica.
Students are studying space medicine at Jr. Medical School.
Our First Kid's Talk Radio Journalists Team
What is it like to receive a Kid's Talk Radio message from Antarctica right in your classroom.
Training to work at Kid's Talk Radio.
Students are study how to become Internet Journalists.
High Motivational learning at Kid's Talk Radio After School.
Jr. Medical School and Kid's Talk Radio high motivational after school projects.
