Teaching dossiers & Activities
Various teaching dossiers have been put together by the International Polar Foundation. These dossiers aim to help teachers introduce subjects such as the Polar Regions, climate and climate change, energy and biodiversity to their students. The dossiers are mainly intended for late primary school (or middle school) teachers (10-12 years old students) and secondary school science and geography teachers.
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Energy: 13 activities to do in class
21.06.2010
This document brings together several activities to accompany some of our flash animations on energy. These activities can, however, be used separately. For each of the 13 themes, an activity and a summary of the related theory is proposed. The…
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CZE Exercise Booklet
03.08.2009
The International Polar Foundation has created an exercise booklet for its Class Zero Emission project. This booklet includes sixteen "ready-to-use" exercise sheets, for students aged 10 to 14 years. The themes are identical to those of the CZE workshop (climate…
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Princess Elisabeth Station Antarctica (CZE6)
08.05.2009
The last CZE pedagogical dossier deals with the Princess Elisabeth Station, a marvel of sustainable development built in one of the most hostile environments on the planet, Antarctica. In this dossier one can discover not only the layout of the…
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Sustainable Development: What Is It? (CZE5)
07.05.2009
This dossier contains theory and exercices explaining the concept of sustainable development and its origins. It also examines how sustainable our present way of life is, and gives examples and suggestions on how to evaluate our own impact on the…
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Climate Change: Consequences for the Planet and the Polar Regions (CZE4)
06.05.2009
Following the third dossier, which discussed the mechanisms of current climate change, this fourth teaching dossier in the CZE series explains the present consequences of current climate change and its possible consequences for the future (sea level rise, shortage of…
