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.
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CAFF educational resources
CAFF has produced a series of educational resources to help children and their educators explore and understand Arctic ecosystems and processes. These educational resources consist of a pocket guide for children (aged 8-12) and an accompanying leader's manual for teachers, parents, siblings, and other instructors. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) is the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council.
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Contes pédagogiques
Stories, activities and games about climate change and Polar Regions, for young people between five and twelve years old.
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Engineering, Go For It!
Educative website containing lesson plans, class activities, links and resources, outreach porgrams on math and science for students of grade levels K-5 till 12. A project by the American Society for Engineering Education.
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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.
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I-CLEEN: Inquiring on CLimate and ENergy
I-CLEEN is a free tool for teachers which supports active and inquiry-based learning experiences on Earth System Science topics. I-CLEEN is a project of MUSE Museum of Sciences, Trento Italy (ENG+IT)
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Ice & Sky
"Wild-Touch uses the dramatic strength of movies to create an unprecedented educational program: from the glaciology pioneers’ epic journey in the Antarctic to the new generation reinventing our future society. From discovering climate change to revealing its impacts on our natural assets. "
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Inquiry to Insight: our acidificating ocean
Free, interactive digital learning tools relating to climate change and ocean acidification, easy to implement it in the classroom.
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OpenLearn: BBC Frozen Planet
Open University resources (interactive maps and online course) for the BBC One Frozen Planet series.
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Science of climate change
On this web site you will find a set of critically reviewed, interactive, web-based learning tools to help students, teachers, science professionals and the general public make sense of the underlying science of climate change.
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The other CO2 problem
A animation about the issue of ocean acidification, produced by Ridgeway School (Plymouth, UK) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory. In short: Poseidon is consulted by an octopus scientist to discuss about the current major concern in the ocean. Human beings are asked to stop the CO2 emissions. Secondary school level.
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Xplora - European Schoolnet
A European gateway to science education with news, pedagogical tips & ideas, database of websites and digital learning resources. It is aimed at teachers, pupils, scientists, science communicators and science educators.
