Snow

2018-2022

Project Description

Co-created with  the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF);  Snow: Tiny Crystals, Global Impact is a traveling exhibition that follows snow’s journey from tiny crystals to vast winter landscape to abundant spring snowmelt. Visitors explore how snow shapes and sustains life on Earth, snow’s vital roles in sustaining our water supply and cooling our planet, and the cultural and personal value of snow. 

Resources & Research

Collaborators

Partners

Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Matthew Sturm, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Maria Berger, M.Ed., Science Educator 
Jessica Garron, M.S., Ph.D., Science Team Lead
Margaret Rudolf (Iñupiaq), M.S., Ph.D. Student, Researcher 
Charlie Parr, Snow Research Technician
Anika Pinzner, M.S., Ph.D. Student, Snow Researcher

COSI Center for Research and Evaluation, Columbus, OH

Deborah Wasserman, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator
Dolly Hayde, M.A., Researcher
Patrick Malone, Ph.D., Principal, Malone Quantitative, Statistical Consultant

Group, Inc., Fairbanks, AK

Kelly Kealy, M.A., Evaluation Consultant
Angela Larson, M.A., Principal

Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Native Village of Kotzebue

Lynda McGilvary, Director, STEM TRACKS Principle Investigator
Lena Suuyuk Hanna (Iñupiaq), Producer
Hannah Paniyavluk Loon (Iñupiaq), Producer
Lori Schoening, Producer
Daniel Walker, Cinematographer
Hannah Foss, CGI Animation & Technical Illustration
Zachary Locklear, Production Assistant

Advisors

The Native Village of Kotzebue and the Qikiqtaġruŋmiut people

Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology

Learning Research Advisors

John Falk, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Learning Innovation
Nancy Maryboy (Cherokee/Navajo), Ph.D., President, Indigenous Education Institute
Chris Niemiec, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Rochester

Funder