Links & resources about science education

The websites below can quickly help build a wide panel of resources covering the scope of climate change, biodiversity, energy, Polar Regions, environment and sciences in general.

  • Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears - Ohio State University

    An online magazine about Polar Regions for primary teachers.

  • European Environment Agency

    Website containing publications, multimedia and datasets (maps, charts, applications) about Europe's environment (air pollution, biodiversity, climate change, land use, water).

  • Explore polar research by clicking on videos! - FRAM

    Website with educational videos on Arctic research made by FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment. An interesting video is 'Chasing the rays of the sun: Measuring snow albedo' about a project to measure albedo in Greenland.  

  • OpenLearn: BBC Frozen Planet

    Open University resources (interactive maps and online course) for the BBC One Frozen Planet series.

  • Polar Discovery

    The Woods Hole Ocanographic Institution documents science in action from pole to pole. Through daily photo and video essays, they explain how scientists collect data on climate change and glaciers, Earth’s geology, biology, ocean chemistry, circulation, and technology at the icy ends of the earth.

  • SCAR

    Links to resources about various subjects related to Antarctica for teachers and students.

  • UNEP/GRID-Arendal

    Website containing a maps & graphics library, a picture library and publications related to a wide range of environmental issues. These link is a link to posters explaining the Polar Regions.

The International Polar Foundation

If you like this website, we have three more for you to check out: PolarFoundation, SciencePoles, ExploraPoles

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  • This is the first part of Class Zero Emission, where we discuss climate and how it works. A presenter explains how the different greenhouse gases work using a digital animation.
  • Using a large world map with magnets with pictures and chemical symbols on them, the children learn about the causes and consequences of current climate change.
  • Before the students leave on an expedition to the Poles, one of them gets dressed up as polar scientist.
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  • The sledge that Alain Hubert (explorer and founder of the IPF) pulled during his Arctic Arc expedition.
  • The Polar Regions: the second part of Class Zero Emission. Students learning by playing with a 3D puzzle of the Arctic.

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