subject: Honors from Antarctica [print this page] Kids tying everything in leads to learningKids tying everything in leads to learning. Teachers who are also explorers allow the kids to live science and history.For her experiments during the trip, they were about temperature, rocks, and gravity, much like what students back home are doing. Used to transmit the information to 11 classrooms were satellite phone and email as well. The questions raised and answers that were provided were hilarious. With the answers given, funny was how they differed. For this teacher, she was able to teach the students that results are susceptible to change when you are in a snowy desert with temperatures that can well go below zero.