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Anvil City Science Academy (ACSA) Pond

Todd Hindman (in front on the left) and the students of the Anvil City Science Academy take a break during a hike near Nome.

The observatory at ACSA Pond has been run by Todd Hindman and the students of the Anvil City Science Academy (ACSA) since 2002-2003. Todd is originally from Texas and he taught for two years in Sand Point, AK before moving to ACSA in 1999. ACSA is a charter school with forty-four 5th through 8th grade students. Todd has participated in many professional development programs, including GLOBE and Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic (TEA), where he participated in the final phase of the ice trials of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter "Healy" in June 2000, Baffin Bay. Since then he has participated in a Toyota Tapestry grant in 2004-2005 and went on an IARC Arctic Expedition in September 2006, sailing north of Russia on the Icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsan.  Currently he and his students are participating in a grant through the US Department of Fish and Wildlife  to restore the habitat of a local creek for silver salmon spawning.

  
Damp, but still smiling, after setting up the observatory in the wind, snow and rain at Nome, 23 November 2002.

When we set up the observatory on Saturday 23 November 2002, the ice was almost 30 cm thick and the snow averaged about 2 cm deep. The snow was rapidly turning to slush due to the warm, wet weather. Todd Hindman (ACSA teacher), Jerry Steiger, and Vicky Erickson and her son Tucker helped to set up the observatory.

Marc Visits Nome, 18-19 November 2005

Martin Visits Wales & Nome, 23-25 March 2004

Martin Visits Nome, 22-24 November 2002

ACSA's ALISON pictures & activities:
2003-2004 ALISON Pictures
2004-2005 ALISON Activites
2005-2006 ALISON Pictures
2006-2007 ALISON Pictures
2007-2008 ALISON Pictures
2007-2008 ALISON Activities
2008-2009 ALISON Pictures