Projects Provide Education and Outreach
The web site of veteran Antarctic researcher Sam Bowser sums it up well: “Science is useless unless it’s shared, and most kids are born scientists.”...
Category : Education and Outreach
International Polar Year Lights Fire of Discovery
The International Polar Year is about creating long-standing legacies of international research collaborations; capturing the world’s imagination in science and exploration; and inspiring future generations...
Setting a Different Course
The Antarctic Integrated System Sciences program will administer projects that transcend disciplinary boundaries. It will consider proposals that delve for a deeper, more complex understanding...
Schooled in Science
A handful of school teachers across the nation are joining Antarctic science teams as part of an International Polar Year (IPY) program that pairs educators...
Science Hits the Road
The polar regions and those who have devoted their careers to studying them are stars in their own traveling road show, POLAR-PALOOZA. A public education...
Going Beyond the Movies
A new online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, provides a one-stop site of resources specifically designed for teachers of grades K-5. The NSF-funded site...
Getting the word out
The San Francisco-based science museum Exploratorium is bringing polar research in the Arctic and Antarctic to a laptop or home computer near you with live...
Public education
Carol Landis retired from teaching five years early – and went right to work educating the public about what scientists are doing at Ohio State...
Focus on IPY
There are more than 200 science projects around the world flying the International Polar Year banner. One group envisions weaving all those stories of scientific...
The Shadow Knows
It all started with a science fair project at James Monroe Middle School in Albuquerque, N.M. Last month, teacher Turtle Haste and her student Andy...
