News of EducaPoles
This section presents the latest news on the International Polar Foundation's educational activities and projects. It also contains general interest news on the polar regions, climate change and sustainable development for the educational world. Our RSS feeds will inform you when news are published on this website.
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Join the Sun Shadows Project!
26.01.2012
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 an online database that can be used in geography lessons about the movements of the earth in our solar system, in trigonometry classes and even in classes discussing how time used to be measured long…
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First Days of Teacher Koen Meirlaen in Antarctica
06.01.2012
Koen Meirlaen, a geography teacher at the Leiepoort Sint-Hendrik School in Deinze, has just arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station!
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PolarEDUCATORS workshop in Montreal - deadline application November 14
11.10.2011
Since the International Polar Year in 2008, the IPF has gained a lot of experience in keeping polar science outreach and education activities alive and prospering. Because of this leadership role, the IPF has been invited to co-organize the PolarEDUCATORS Workshop, which is part of the IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action Conference, taking place in Montreal, Canada from April 22-27.
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Students on Ice Wraps up its Tour of the Arctic
02.09.2011
August has been a month of Arctic marvels for our Educational Officer Isabelle Du Four, who boarded the Clipper Adventurer to join the Students on Ice expedition as it travelled around the north. From July 23rd to August 7th, the ship-based educational expedition took an international crew of 70 students and their accompanying team of scientists, artists, educators, and aboriginal elders to Iceland, Greenland and the northern reaches of Canada.
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IPY Montréal Science Conference 2012: Call for Abstracts
29.07.2011
Since the International Polar Year in 2008, the IPF has gained a lot of experience in keeping polar science outreach and education activities alive and prospering. Because of this leadership role, the IPF has been invited to convene a session at the final IPY conference taking place in Montréal in 2012.
