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"Welcome to the National Center for Science Education's climate change education initiative. Long respected for its work in defending and supporting the teaching of evolution in the public schools, in 2012 NCSE launched this new initiative to defend and support the teaching of climate change. This section of the website includes the four main sections of the climate change education resources here."

Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities. This site has been included not for it's polar studies (almost - but not completely - non existent) but as a resource for educators looking at service learning models and ideas for expanding a class beyond single discipline content.

"A place for educators of polar science to share and discuss ideas, resources, strategies, concerns & successes that will engage students and advance scientific literacy about the polar regions of our planet. While primarily targeted at K-12 teachers, we invite educators from any grade level, any country, and any discipline to join us." This group is open and all content is public

from Dave Carlson via Polar Educators International: "I wrote this summary of recent polar research (http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi%3A10.1007%2Fs12665-012-2185-y) with Polar Educators in mind: urgent topics, clear language (I hope) and, negotiated with Springer, open access. And they let me include some pictures! Check the summary paragraph first if you have limited time."

"OTTAWA, April 27, 2012 /CNW/ - QUOTE FROM Peter Harrison, Chair of the IPY 2012 Montreal Conference: "I am pleased to be a part of today's announcement of the establishment of a formal international professional network of polar educators teaching in, about and for the polar regions. I regard this as a very positive action emerging from the conference, another contribution to the legacy of IPY and the future of polar research."

https://www.facebook.com/notes/landsat/most-accurate-map-of-antarcticas-landmass-made-from-landsat-data/213252075413939 "Antarctica may not be the world's largest landmass -- it's the fifth-largest continent -- but resting on top of that land is the world's largest ice sheet. That ice holds more than 60 percent of Earth's fresh water and carries the potential to significantly raise sea level. The continent is losing ice to the sea, and scientists want to know how much."

With literacy maps and benchmarks tied to the materials via a quick scroll and mouse click, NSDL is becoming indispensable for the science educator. This link is to the whole house!

General science education

This is the educational site for the International Polar Foundation. The teaching units provided tend to be for higher level/grades than most of the other site. It is not extensive, but it is very good.

This is a place for educators of polar science to share and discuss ideas, resources, strategies, concerns & successes that will engage students and advance scientific literacy about the polar regions of our planet. In the comment section is the list to which I have assigned the site.

Not an obvious resource page for most teachers, but there is a wealth of information here, not just for IPY! Educators should look for the "Classroom Resources" item on the right sidebar and that page will let them refine their search. The news items are also great for informing students on latest and breaking research in many areas.

general science education

The Union of Concerned Scientists has a great deal of information and many resources for educators.

climate advocacy

"Integrating federal research and solutions for climate and global change" This links to the Educators' page, but there is much more to this site especially for incorporation with history and/or policy discussions.

polar science curriculum resources

Free online digital library of media resources (video, interactive, audio, images) for classroom and teacher professional development. Many are OER (open educational resources). If you haven't been there lately, be sure to check out the upgrades to this PBS site resources are tied to specific state standards in most cases, and most materials are fair use and/or copyright free. Th

General science education

"Online materials about Alaska Native history, education. languages, and culture"

An incredible collection of maps. Most can be downloaded frm the site(s).

some resources about life on an Arctic Expedition to the Geographic North Pole via Microsoft Partners in Learning. I'd be delighted if people might like to use it :0) You'll find photo's, HD video, Power point presentation with teaching notes and a expedition life exercise book. from Antony Jinman, Polar Educator

Thanks Kathy! Great classroom resource.

This is still the prototype portal - just launched today through the announcement that there will be the creation of a US Climate Change Office (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-08/u-s-to-create-climate-change-office-commerce-s-locke-says.html) With the rapid rise in the development of Web technologies and climate services across NOAA, there has been an increasing need for greater collaboration regarding NOAA's online climate services. The drivers include the need to enhance NOAA's Web presence in response to customer requirements, emerging needs for improved decision-making capabilities across all sectors of society facing impacts from climate variability and change, and the importance of leveraging climate data and services to support research and public education. To address these needs, NOAA embarked upon an ambitious program to develop a NOAA Climate Services Portal (NCS Portal). Our goal is for the Portal to become the "go-to" website for NOAA's climate data, products, and services for all users."

polar science

This is the homepage for the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory. Many of the sidebar choices, besides the Educational Outreach, are very for many students. This easily addresses the IPY Key area of New Frontiers, and Unique Vantage Points and can slip polar science into those classes that don't deal with the earth/geo/environmental areas.

Wonderful resource for sea ice information. It does not 'rise to the top' in Google! Resources and accessibility for K-12 educators continually improves, so it deserves a revisit if it's been awhile since you looked. This would be a good site to start student research (upper middle & high school).

Antarctic Drilling program looks at geology and paleontology of the Antarctic region via sediment cores. Project Iceberg is the gateway for educators and directs you to a variety of resources. Flexhibit was designed as an activity for 4-H and similar after-school programs, but many of the ideas are transportable to your classroom. It would be great for a science club to develop as a community outreach event!