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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Biodiversity: Things We Can Do
09.05.2008
This sheet introduces the concepts of direct and indirect CO2 emissions. It also offers a list of things you can do to reduce your environmental footprint and thus also your greenhouse gas emissions. The "Preserving Biodiversity: things we can do…
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Biodiversity in the North Sea
15.04.2008
The "Biodiversity in the North Sea" sheet is part of the pedagogical dossier on Biodiversity & Climate Change. This sheet evaluates the impacts of climate change in the North Sea, such as the emergence of new species which have been…
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Biodiversity in the Fagnes
07.04.2008
The sheet « Biodiversity in the Fagnes » is part of the pedagogical dossier on Biodiversity & Climate Change. The Fagnes area holds a unique ecosystem with species you wouldn't be able to find elsewhere. This is notably the case…
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Biodiversity in the Arctic
27.03.2008
The sheet on "Biodiversity in the Arctic" is part of the pedagogical dossier on Biodiversity & Climate Change. This sheet offers an introduction to the two types of polar ice that are the pack ice and ice caps, and to…
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Biodiversity - Coral Reefs
18.03.2008
The sheet on "Coral Reefs" is part of the Biodiversity & climate change dossier. This sheet focuses on the effects of climate change on coral reefs. It explains the relationship of symbiosis that exists between the polyp and algae within…
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Biodiversity and climate change
29.01.2008
The educational sheet "Climate Change" offers an overview of the various Greenhouse gases. It focuses on the importance of agriculture in total Greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol is also presented as a political tool for fighting climate change. Earth's…
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Astronomic phenomena
29.04.2005
12 pages explaining the planetary cycles, the long polar night, aurorae boreales and solar eclipses. Available in French only.
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Easy classroom experiments
19.03.2005
These easy classroom experiments are designed to accompany the International Polar Foundation's teaching dossiers. They aim to anchor students' know-how by putting theory into practice with concrete examples. Available in French only.
