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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IPF participates in Antarctic Open Days in Edinburgh
29.07.2011
The International Polar Foundation UK (IPF UK) helped to present a series of Antarctic Open Days organised by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and UK Polar Network (UKPN) at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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IPF assisted in Professional development for teachers in Italy
27.07.2011
The Italian Polar Summer School has come to an end already! Sandra Vanhove, head of the IPF education team, was invited to share her educational expertise during the first "Scuola Polare Estiva per Insegnanti 2011", designed to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills they require to perform polar climate education effectively in their classroom and school.
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Leiepoort Deinze Campus Sint-Hendrik Wins the Polar Quest Contest!
20.05.2011
On Wednesday, May 18th, the AHA! project, led by Koen Meirlaen and his students from the Leiepoort Deinze Campus Sint-Hendrik became the final winners of the Polar Quest Contest. While the first part of the contest is now over, a next chapter will be written next year as Mr Meirlaen heads down to the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica (PEA). The aim of the AHA! project is to link the…
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Discover the winner of the Polar Quest Contest on May 18th!
12.05.2011
On May 18th, we will know which students will have the chance to send their teacher to the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica (PEA)!
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A successful season for science and technology at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctic Station!
30.03.2011
The summer season has come to an end in Antarctica and the entire team has come home to Europe. The scientists accomplished a lot, and thanks to its impressive energy-saving technologies such as its “smart grid”, the Princess Elisabeth Station functioned well as a “zero emission” station.
