Join us in person for a one-hour lecture and Q&A with English Teacher Nikia Garland to learn about her recent expedition to the Arctic as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow.
Indianapolis-based English teacher Nikia Garland will discuss her recent expedition to the Arctic as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. Please join us in person at Central Library for this one-hour lecture and Q&A to learn more about the professional development opportunity of a lifetime. Registration is required.
Presented by: Nikia Garland, 2023 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, teaches British Literature and AP Language and Composition at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis. She is passionate about social justice, developing global citizens, and building critical literacy skills in her students. Nikia has taught various English Language classes at the secondary, international, and higher education levels. Nikia is also a Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellow and a recipient of the Terry Fear Holocaust Educator Award. Source: Lindblad Expeditions | National Geographic Society
Online Resources
Digital Indy—Indianapolis Scientech Club Newsletter: Construction in the Arctic
Digital Indy—Indianapolis Scientech Club Newsletter: Teacher at Sea in the Arctic
Digital Indy—Indianapolis Scientech Club Newsletter: Trip to the North Pole
NASA, Norway to Develop Arctic Laser-Ranging Station
NASA Earth: Summer Melting in Svalbard
NASA SVS: Operation IceBridge - Svalbard, Norway Landscape
NASA Goddard: Arctic Sea Ice Hits 2023 Maximum (YouTube: 1m 39s)
Science Reference Center—IndyPL Card Required
- Science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic, and the Nature Picture Library.
Age Group: Adults
Location: Held in the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) on the 6th floor within Central Library located at 40 East Saint Clair Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Parking: The Central Library has a parking garage available to patrons during their time at the Library. The garage can be accessed on Pennsylvania Street. Garage pricing information is detailed here.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Educators | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lecture/Panel Discussion | Indianapolis Special Collections Room |
TAGS: | teachers | science | professional development | one-hour lecture | nasajplssa | nasa | iscr lectures | iscr lecture | iscr | indianapolis special collections room | history | educators | education | culture history and society | arctic expedition |
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