“Biodiversity & climate change” multimedia CD-Rom: Belgian schools wanted
CD-ROM on Biodiversity and Climate Change
© International Polar Foundation
In Partnership with the Walloon Ministry of Energy (Belgium), the International Polar Foundation and the WWF are developping a new multimedia CD-Rom on Biodiversity & climate change. This new CD-Rom will be presented and tested in Belgium during September and October 2007. The IPF is looking for Walloon schools for this pilot phase. Subscribe now.
Issues relating to climate change are now widely being developed in the media, but this is not always the case when it comes to biodiversity. Nonetheless, this question is of fundamental value to the health of our planet and humanity. While biodiversity is good to human beings, the latter exert tremendous ecological pressures that put biodiversity in danger. It is estimated that, in Belgium, a third to half the species are currently under threat, having of course social, cultural and economical implications for society.
In order to raise public awareness on this issue among the youngsters, the IPF is currently creating an educational CD-Rom about "Biodiversity & Climate Change". This CD-Rom will include 15 flash animations, each lasting 1 to 2 minutes. These animations explain various aspects of the effects of climate change on biodiversity, such as shifts in specie habitats, the disappearance of certain species, the introduction of new exotic species, modifications in Walloon ecosystems, the whitening of corals, phonologic changes, ...
CD-Rom table of content :
- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Biodiversity & food
- Climate change & Biodiversity in Belgium
- The impacts of climate change on biodiversity
- Some ideas for reducing pressure on the environment
- Migration of species
- Invasive species
- Migrations and climate change
- Specie adaptation to climate change
- Coral reefs
- Polar Regions
- The North Sea
- Walloon ecosystems
- Summarizing quiz
Educational activities and CD-Rom presentation
40 sessions (lasting 2 hours each) are planned for September and October 07 in order to introduce the CD-Rom and to carry out the activities suggested by the educational dossier. These sessions are addressed to students aged 10 to 14 (from 4th to 8th grade) studying in Walloon schools.
As a teacher, you are interested in these animations ? All you need to do is communicate the following information: the teacher's name, telephone number and email address, the school's name and address, the class electives and orientation, the students' age group, the number of students in the class, and your preferred day for hosting the animation. Send this information to the contact person listed below before the 15th of June 2007 (deadline for inscriptions).
Contact person:
Clémentine Rasquin - Education Officer
Rue des Deux Gares 120 A - 1070 Brussels Belgium
Phone: +32 (0)2 543 06 98
Email: clementine (dot) rasquin (at) polarfoundation (dot) org
