Would you like to add some real-time data to your penguin unit this year? Thanks to education outreach resources from an Antarctic research team, you can!
Dr. David Ainley studies Adelie penguin populations in Antarctica. His long term research of 30 years has recently shown indication of the penguin populations reacting to climate change. His web […]
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Polar News & Notes: Penguins March Into Your Classroom
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Polar News & Notes: Connecting Communities Is Theme for International Polar Day, September 24
Monday, August 25th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
September 24 will be the officially designated Sixth International Polar Day. Polar days are held every three months during the two-year-long scientific program focused on the poles, the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY). The days are occasions for schools, science centers, and museums to engage their audiences in learning about the importance of the poles […]
Posted in Topics: Education, International Polar Year, Lesssons and activities, Polar News & Notes, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Prepare to teach energy with NSTA, Beyond Penguins
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 2:45 pm
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Starting September 30, NSTA will offer a online short course about energy for teachers of grades 3-9. Course participants will meet on five consecutive Tuesday evenings (Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, and 28) to ask questions and have discussions. A course listserv and self-paced completion of course materials round out the experience.
Fees, which include all […]
Posted in Topics: Cyberzine Issues, Physical Science, Polar News & Notes, Professional Development, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: The Global Challenge
Monday, August 4th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
The Global Challenge is an online international competition that encourages learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students compete individually or as a team to create solutions to global warming and the future of energy. All high school students aged 14-17 worldwide are eligible to participate. The project can be completed through an after school […]
Posted in Topics: International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Live Talks from Tents on Greenland Ice Sheet
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
This July, a team of four scientists, a writer and a photographer from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Washington will return to Greenland for their third year of investigating glacial lakes, which form atop the ice sheet each spring and summer. The expedition runs from July 7 to 24.
From their tents […]
Polar News & Notes: ABC News Wants to See Your Vision of Earth 2015 to 2100
Friday, June 27th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
This September in a two-hour broadcast titled Earth 2100, ABC News will bring scientists, historians, economists, and viewers worldwide together to predict what the planet will be like by the next century. The news organization is inviting Internet viewers now to create short videos about what life will be like if we do nothing about […]
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Polar News & Notes: Fly Your Class Flag Over Antarctica
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Jeff Peneston, a PolarTREC teacher, Program Director of Camp Fire USA (Camp Talooli), and a 9th grade Earth Science teacher, is traveling to Antarctica on the International Expedition of the Icebreaker Oden. He has created his own expedition flag as well as a special Camp Talooli Antarctic Expedition flag, and is initating a flag exchange […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Scientists in the field, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Students on Ice Sponsors Expeditions to Arctic and Antarctic
Friday, June 20th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
This summer 75 teenagers, ages 14-19, will sail to the Arctic with a team of scientists, environmentalists and polar educators in the Students on Ice program. The Arctic expedition, August 2-17, will explore southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, and the northern reaches of Nunavik in Quebec province. The itinerary includes workshops, lectures and seminars as well […]
Posted in Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, International Polar Year, Polar News & Notes, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Teacher-to-Teacher Summer Workshops
Friday, May 9th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Jessica Fries-Gaither
The U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative has opened registration for its free summer workshops. The workshops will be held across the country starting June 18 and will target specific grade levels and content areas. Workshops for summer 2008 include:
Denver, Colorado (United States Mint) - June 18-19, 2008
Nashua, New Hampshire (Federal Aviation Administration) - June […]
Posted in Topics: Education, Polar News & Notes, Professional Development, Upcoming Opportunities
Polar News & Notes: Global Sun Temperature Project Enlists Students in Data Collection
Friday, April 25th, 2008 9:00 am
Written by: Carolyn Hamilton
During one week in May, students around the world will be gathering data that shows how proximity to the equator affects average daily temperature and hours of sunlight. In an Internet-based project called The Global Sun Temperature Project, students will determine their latitude and longitude coordinates, measure and record temperature and minutes of daylight, calculate […]
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