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 Action Sheet: Insulation of your Home
22.03.2011
This action sheet is part of the "Energy Sheets" series and presents one specific way to diminish electricity consumption at home: it describes all the good reasons there are to insulate a house or a building.
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Energy Fact Sheet: Household Energy Use and Electrical Appliances
21.03.2011
This fact sheet is part of the "Energy sheets" series and looks at the way energy is used in our homes. It explains the important impact of household electric consumption on greenhouse gas emissions and more specifically of the consumption…
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Energy Fact Sheet: Reducing Our energy Consumption, A strategy for Our Future!
15.03.2011
This fact sheet is the very first of the "Energy sheets" series. It brings general information on worldwide energy consumption. It also explains how the different sheets of this series can be used.
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Energy: 13 In-Class Activities
21.06.2010
This document brings together 13 activities designed for students between 8 and 15 years old, with each focusing on a different energy-related topic. A short theoretical explanation accompanies each activity. The themes covered include: What Is Energy? The Sun, World's Driving…
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The technical aspects of the station: energy-efficiency and wastewater treatment
15.12.2008
This pedagogical dossier describes the technical aspects of the Princess Elisabeth station, including its energy-efficient design and how water will be recycled and re-used. The Princess Elisabeth station is the first ever 'zero emission' station. However before it can earn…
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The BELARE expeditions
15.12.2008
Now that the BELARE 2007-2008 expedition is still fresh in our mind, the International Polar Foundation has taken the opportunity to publish a new pedagogical dossier: 'BELARE: the station was not built in a day!' The first construction phase of…
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Belgians in Antarctica
15.12.2008
Sixty years after the King Baudouin base, the construction of the Princess Elisabeth Station sees the dawning of a new age for Belgium in Antarctica. This event has stirred the interest of the youth towards the Polar Regions. The International…
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The station: from the inside out
15.12.2008
This dossier offers great information on the external and interior design of the Princess Elisabeth Station and suggests several activities which can be done during and after class. The dossier is aimed at children between 12 and 18 years old.…
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Fossil and renewable energies
29.04.2005
14 pages of explanations and fascinating experiments for discovering energy, its origins and distinguishing renewable from non-renewable energies.
