Picture Galleries

All picture galleries published on this internet site are directly accessible via this section. These photos relate to the foundation's educational projects or constitute resources which are attached to or independent of the teaching tools such as CD-ROMS, teaching dossiers, exhibitions and others.

  • Logo of the Sun Shadows project, an initiative of the International Polar Foundation and Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide.

    Sun Shadows project: to work!

    26.01.2012

    Teacher Koen Meirlaen gives the kick-off of the Sun Shadows project in Antarctica. Follow his example and collect with your students measurements of the shadow of a 1m long stick. This picture gallery shows how easy the experiment is!

  • Koen Meirlaen with his baggage at Zaventem Airport, ready to leave for the PEA station

    Koen Meirlaen’s trip to Antarctica

    06.01.2012

    The adventure is just beginning for geography teacher Koen Meirlaen! He will spend two months at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) to conduct research. Follow his expedition via news items and photo galleries! Here's the first installment

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    Students on Ice 2011 Arctic Expedition

    02.09.2011

    Isabelle Du Four, Educational Officer at the IPF, participated int the Students on Ice expedition to Iceland, Greenland and Labrador (Canada) with 70 students and a team of scientists, artists, educators, and Inuit elders. Isabelle contributed to the educational program…

  • Teaching the science process

    IPF at Italian Summer School for Science Teachers

    27.07.2011

    Equipped with a mind map enthusiastic secondary school teachers from all over Italy performed hands-on activities, illustrating the wide variety of polar research and the link with climate change.

  • The winners of the Polar Quest contest: the students in 5 Latin-Sciences and their teacher Koen Meirlaen from the Leiepoort Deinze Campus Sint-Hendrik.

    Finals of the Polar Quest Contest

    20.05.2011

    Some general views of the exciting finals and the results of the Polar Quest contest, which took place in the "Class Zero Emission" space.

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Teacher Koen Meirlaen performs the experiment at the Princess Elisabeth station in Antarctica.

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You don’t need much, just some sun and a long stick!Pupils and teachers in Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom and Antarctica will join forces to measure the shadows of a 1m long stick! We compile…



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