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.

  • 6 new fact sheets on Polar Regions

    17.12.2010

    Discover the six new themes covered by these recently posted fact sheets, six new incursions into the polar world, full of impressive facts and figures.

  • Princess Elisabeth station, season 2010-2011

    22.11.2010

    Presently, the austral summer is warming up Antarctica and Princess Elisabeth’s operational and scientific teams have just arrived at the station, preparing for the BELARE (Belgian Antarctic Research Expeditions) 2010-2011 season. They have had a long journey.

  • Science teachers caught the polar virus

    04.11.2010

    Six months after their return from the Oslo conference, Belgian science teachers motivate their students towards science through the Princess Elisabeth Station project.

  • Interview: bringing Polar Science to the classroom

    10.08.2010

    IPF interviewed the three Belgian teachers who participated in the Teachers Workshop that was organised in conjunction with the Oslo Science Conference in June 2010. How do these teachers bring their insight and experiences in the classroom? Tips and tricks from the frontline.

  • Teacher Meeting in Oslo

    16.06.2010

    The IPF education team just came back from the IPY Oslo Science Conference. In conjunction with this five-day polar science conference, 120 teachers from 20 countries all over the world participated in an educational gathering: PolarTEACHERS. Worldwide education efforts directed towards polar science were presented and everybody had the opportunity to share its experience with others.

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

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