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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Contest: Draw your Own “Zero Emission” Station and Send your Drawing to Antarctica
11.12.2008
Here is an opportunity not to miss: a nation-wide drawing contest has just been launched in Belgium! This contest could lead to your drawing being sent to Antarctica for the Princess Elisabeth Station's inauguration!
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Panini Album on the Polar Regions
27.11.2008
The International Polar Foundation has signed a partnership with Panini to issue a sticker album for 8 to 12 year olds on the Polar Regions from February to April 2009. After having organized a nation-wide public contest, a name has finally been decided for the Arctic tern which will be followed throughout the album: "Ernest" for the French version and "Sterre" for the Dutch version. Congratulations to the winners!
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The BELARE 2007-2008 expedition featured in JCWeetje magazine
06.08.2008
At the end of August 2008, the third in a series of four articles about "The Belgians in Antarctica" will be published in the JCWeetje magazine. This article (PDF) highlights the most recent BELARE expedition, during which the Princess Elisabeth station was built.
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Ice Stories: a Website Dedicated to News from Polar Scientists
04.07.2008
In celebrating the International Polar Year, people from Ice Stories made cameras and web-blogs available to polar scientists in order for them to document their fieldwork in real time. The result is a Web-based project named Ice Stories where you can follow scientists' adventures.
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A New Educational CD-ROM on Energy
01.07.2008
This CD-ROM was developed within the framework of a sensitization programme supported by the Belgian Walloon Region. Directed towards teachers and members of associations active in the field of environment, this CD-ROM tackles energy from the perspective of climate change.
