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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Luca Miserere, winner of the second Italian Polar Summer School
14.08.2012
The International Polar Foundation participated in the second edition of the Polar Summer School for teachers, organized by the Italian Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide between the 16 and 20 of July 2012.
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International Polar Foundation participating in Italian Polar Summer School
06.07.2012
From July 16 to 20, the Italian Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide is organizing the second edition of the Polar Summer School for teachers, in Genoa. This event is intended for 12 Italian teachers who want to address polar science topics in their classrooms.
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Join Polar Educators International
12.06.2012
As a legacy of the International Polar Year, and in the spirit of Knowledge to Action IPY 2012 Conference Polar Educators International has been created.
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Polar Educators meet at the International Polar Year 2012 Conference in Montreal
14.05.2012
Two members of the International Polar Foundation education team, Sandra Vanhove and Isabelle Du Four, recently participated in the final conference of the 4th International Polar Year (IPY), under the banner of “From Knowledge to Action”, in Montreal. In conjunction with this conference, the two also took part, along with 170 educators from 15 countries all over the world, in the IPY 2012 PolarEDUCATORS Workshop organized by Students on Ice.
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Take part in the Polar Week by performing the Eratosthenes experiment!
16.03.2012
On March 20, the Spring equinox takes place, providing the perfect opportunity to participate in the Sun Shadows project and to follow in the footsteps of the Greek scholar Eratosthenes, who made a surprisingly accurate estimate of the earth's circumference in the 3rd century BC!
