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Edward Little teacher presents Iceland field program, students read group poem to Auburn School Committee
Summary
At the May 21 Auburn School Committee meeting, Edward Little High School teacher Aaron Towns described a recent student field program to Iceland linked to the school's Arctic Climate Studies course and outlined partners, student activities and funding details.
Aaron Towns, a teacher at Edward Little High School, described a recent field-based program to Iceland for 13 students during the Auburn School Committee's meeting on May 21, 2025.
Towns told the committee the trip was part of an ongoing Arctic Climate Studies course offered at Edward Little that combines earth and climate science, visual arts, history and global economics. He said the students kept field notebooks, conducted coastal erosion studies and participated in hands-on fieldwork such as making a mock ice core, examining lava fields and visiting an outlet glacier and volcanic sites.
Towns said the group traveled with Geocamp Iceland and stayed at a field station described in the presentation as the Sudern Science and Learning Center in southwestern Iceland. He listed…
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