The Circle Widens—All the Way to Mt. Everest!
If you happen to be passing the base camp at Mt. Everest, take a close look at one particular presentation about the erosion of the Himalayan glaciers. The panel of graphs is the work of students in Groton’s STEM (Science, Technology, engineering, and Math) classes.
STEM students studied the glaciers by analyzing detailed photographs by filmmaker David Breashears, executive director of GlacierWorks. The photos were taken using a special high-resolution technique called gigapixel photography, which allows close and precise analysis of the deteriorating landscape.
Combining the math and science skills learned in their STEM classes, Groton students used the data they collected to construct graphs for display at a recent MIT symposium on environmental change in the Himalayan glaciers. The student project was so impressive that when STEM teacher Jonathan Choate asked to have the panel back, he was told it would be whisked off to Mt. Everest, for display at the base camp. That’s where it is now, in case you’re in the neighborhood.
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