Arctic Wednesdays 2026: Week 1 Pre-Trip Blog
When I first heard about Arctic Wednesday on the summit of Mt. Washington, NH, I thought about it and realized that this would be the opportunity for me to have hands-on experience with different weather conditions than what was in our immediate area. What I would gain from being at the summit would assist me in presenting to my students in the elementary setting and make them aware that other areas of the country have different ways of recording and analyzing weather conditions.
As a STEM teacher for kindergarten through 6th grade, I had done research on several different areas to explore in order to have a successful lesson plan on weather, especially extreme weather. My son was a meteorologist student at Kansas University in Lawrence, KS, and had talked about Mt. Washington and how he wanted to go to the Observatory and what the weather, the area, and the staff did at the summit. Since then, I have kept my eye on Mt. Washington, and the weather conditions that were happening daily on the summit.
I applied and got accepted to do Arctic Wednesday. I was hesitant at first because I had never traveled on my own and this journey would take flying out of KCI changing planes In Chicago (scary) and renting a car(even more scary). The adventure was well worth the growth, knowledge, and experience that I gained from putting myself out there and doing the PD day of Arctic Wednesday.
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