MOSAiC Ambassadors' Projects

Lectures with experiments in a museum and media interviews

Neil is giving regular public lectures at the Museum focusTerra of the Dpt. of Earth Sciences including experiments on physical phenomena. Further on, Neil has reaches out to media outlets together with his MOSAiC Ambassadors' colleague Mauro.

MOSAiC Ambassadors Journal on Twitter & school workshops

The MOSAiC Ambassadors Journal twitter channel (@MOSAiC_embassy) aims to share regular updates on all MOSAiC-related outreach activities. Additionally, Marylou hosted workshops in a French school, bringing key information about MOSAiC and the Arctic to young students.

Mini podcasts

Sam made a series of interviews onboard the Akademik Fedorov and is now weaving those interviews togethers into mini podcasts, with the aim of bringing the science of MOSAiC to life in audio!

Encouraging young women to study polar science

Polar exploration has historically been filled with stern bearded men, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Lisa has travelled to high schools throughout Sydney to tell young women about her experiences in polar science, and encourage them to follow their science dreams too.

Talks and experiments to think about "Earth Science, MOSAiC and Climate Change"

How do we study our Planet? Why does the Earth have now fever? What is climate change and how can we understand it? With the help of stories from her MOSAiC adventure, some lab materials and a lot of enthusiasm, Francesca aimed at providing students with tools to answer these questions themselves.

Production of Expedition Video and Q&A for Kids in short Video

Anika Happe has developed two projects. The first project is an expedition video which summarizes the most beautiful and important moments of the journey. The other project includes talks at schools as well as a series of short Q&A videos about the Arctic, MOSAiC expedition and climate change.

Science and Adventure Education for Girls

As a Girl Scout, Carrie developed the confidence and drive to pursue her dream of being a Polar Explorer. She is developing an Arctic Scientist scout patch to teach science and outdoor skills. She loves sharing tales from her Arctic and Antarctic adventures with school groups, in person & virtually!

EGU GIFT teachers workshop & media outreach

Mauro Hermann has reached Swiss national TV, local radio stations and together with colleague Neil also university magazines to report on MOSAiC and his personal experience. In collaboration with the German polar teachers, he plans to contribute to the GIFT teachers workshop at the EGU conference.

Educational material and presentations, interviews for website articles

Sean Horvath has conducted interviews for website articles and has consulted on course material for an Arctic science MOOC. He is in the process of producing additional educational materials for grade school students and has planned local school visits, as well as presentations at his institution.

Talks, interviews, articles and workshops with youth

Ewa Korejwo gives lectures to a diverse audience that includes pupils, students, scientists and the general public. Every talk will be different, but all of them will be about climate change, polar science and of course the MOSAiC project.

Polar Journal Club Podcast & Online course

Many research groups around the world meet monthly or even weekly to present scientific papers to each other. Robbie will be running an 'online journal club', interviewing scientists and asking them to explain their paper in an accessible way so that others can better make use of their work.

Lectures and outdoor activities for school children

Tatiana Matveeva's project includes lectures at school where she presents the MOSAiC expedition and scientific background on the Arctic climate system, and explains why it is important, to learn more about it.

MOSAiC themed hands-on activities in Native community high schools and talks

In order to expose Canadian Native community high schools students to science career options, Alex is providing MOSAiC themed hands-on activities. While native students are living where important resources are spent to study the Arctic, they know those environments and could be doing that kind of work as a fulfilling career.

52 seconds video and blog

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes on an Arctic expedition? Read along this blog to find out more behind the snapshots of the MOSAiC school in 52 seconds.

Video production, outreach talks, blog entries and interviews

Ryleigh Moore produced videos on polar bears, sea ice, and the installation of a seasonal ice mass balance buoy. She has also given several talks to different audiences about her experiences as part of the MOSAiC School.

School presentations and experiments, and creation of an illustrated book with school kids

Pierre Priou has conducted MOSAiC hands-on experiments and given talks at primary and secondary schools. Through the use of different media, kids discovered the fascinating world of Arctic research.

Lesson Plans for teachers and activity for school visits

Natalia develops a lesson plan entitled "Arctic and the Southern Ocean: Connected on their differences" and share her Arctic experience in interactive activities which will become available to teachers around the world.

Photographic Documentation and Exhibition, Instagram Project, BBC Future gallery, Presentations and Interviews

Thea Schneider is currently working on her photographic and audio material from her stay on Akademic Fedorov to create a photographic documentation and an exhibition for a broad audience. Some of Thea's photos can already be seen on Instagram, the BBC future website and her personal blog.

Open lectures, video production, blog

Igor Vasilevich gives open lectures about Arctic climate change and the MOSAiC expedition open for the public with the aim to reach people who haven't heard much about the MOSAiC expedition.

Media outreach and talks to a public audience

Julika Zinke has given talks to a broad public audience to report about MOSAiC and has further reached German TV, a local radio station and a local newspaper. She has also featured Stockholm University's Instagram account and the university's newsletter.