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Quick Links
International Polar Days: lots of resources and multi-lingual activities around a polar theme.
Why not get involved in our upcoming Polar Week - 15th to 19th March 2010 'What Happens at the Poles Affects Us All'.We'll have lots of educational hands-on activities, links and resources for your to download and events for you to do throughout the week.
This Polar Week will provide an opportunity for researchers, educators, early career scientists, and students from across the globe to celebrate the partnerships, outreach, and scientific outcomes IPY has enabled regionally, nationally and internationally. It will also provide the IPY community with a chance to generate excitement as they prepare for the IPY Oslo Science Conference June 8-12, 2010.
Polar Classroom Activities
Videos of IPY Presentations
Polar Books
Classroom Posters
Opportunities for Teachers and Students
IPY honeycomb chart
USGS Polar Science Educational Resources
IPY Discussion Groups
IPY Blogs by Polar Teachers
Polar Education Resources: Provides an annotated list of some of the best internet resources for polar education which have been collected by Marti Canipe, an Einstein Fellow serving in NSF's Office of Polar Program.
Background Material:
IPY Brochure: a colourful hand-out about IPY for a general audience.
IPY Science Summary: Brief overview of IPY science and activities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Polar image libraries
IPY Scope of Science: an in-depth account of the breadth, variety, complexity and urgency of polar research at the start of IPY.
IPY Chapter in EcoScience: One of these chapters focusses specifically on IPY and contains a good overview for teachers and students.
Recommended Educational Websites
We believe that (1) less is more; (2) teachers are busy; (3) good resources can be used for all ages.
We therefore provide here a few, selected, teacher-tested, resources ..loosely sorted by preparation time. You can also search by key-word in the above box. Please comment at the end of each resource on whether it was useful to you.
(There are thousands of polar educational resources available that you can find in digital libraries, like DLESE. )
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Resources and activities you can use in class today.
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Resources and activities requiring some preparation time.
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Resources requiring teacher preparation, special training, much higher level applications of data, or long periods of class time to use effectively.
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