ANDRILLs ARISE Program is seeking educators with a broad background in science activities and professional involvement indicating excellence in science education. All applicants must have at least 3 years science teaching experience in a K-16 school or institution, not including the current school year. ARISE (Antarctic Research Immersion for Science Educators) is a component of the ANtarctic geological DRILLing (ANDRILL) Program, which seeks to understand the geologic history of Antarctica through the study of core samples and data recovered from drilling below the seafloor at sites beneath the ice shelf and sea ice. The ARISE goal is to raise public awareness of Antarctic scientific drilling and integrate polar geosciences content into a wide range of learning environme...

Want to display IPY posters in your classroom? Have a look at these posters that have been made available from the USA and Canada. 1. IPY Opening Ceremony posters 2. USGS IPY posters and Satellite Image Map of Antarctica 3. ...

Claire Eamer, one of the authors in POLARIS: A Celebration of Polar Science, describes where she got her inspiration: When I was asked to think about a story on polar science for an IPY anthology, the first thing that came to mind was climate change. There’s a reason for that. Several reasons, actually. The first reason was that I’d just spent more than three years helping coordinate a network of researchers looking into climate change, so I already knew quite a bit about the science. And I live in the Yukon, the far northwest of Canada, where the level of warming is among the highest in the world. The main reason, though, i...

A Media Advisory was today issued by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) announcing the Global Launch of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 A PDF of the media advisory is also available. Place : Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France, 1 March 2007 Programme: 11:00 am: Opening ceremony; 11:30 Press conference; 12:00 Buffet lunch Speakers: Prof Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU) Mr Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Dr David Carlson, Director, IPY Progra...

Photo from Baffin Bay Do one or several of these investigations and think about the results. • Measure the temperature in the snow and compare with the temperature in the air. • Mix ice or snow with water in a beaker and measure the temperature. What will happen if you change the proportions of the mix? Try to explain. • Put ice or snow in a beaker. Measure the temperature. Pour salt in the beaker and stir. Do the temperature change? Why or why not? • Measure the air temperature with a common thermometer. Wrap a thin kitchen paper around the thermometer and make the paper wet. Does the temperature change? Wave the wet thermometer and make a new reading. Try to explain. Imagine if you are living in the Arctic. ...

Looking for activities you might use in the classroom for the IPY launch? Check out the "Ice in the Solar System" Exploring Ice in the Solar System, a NASA-funded educational CD authored by Dr. Richard Shope from JPL and produced by Dr. Julie Edmonds at the Carnegie Academy for Science Education for the Carnegie Institutions of Washington MESSENGER and Astrobiology projects, was rated "outstanding" in a NASA space science education product review. Twelve conceptual change lessons spring out from the activated curiosity inspired by the central Ice Experience lesson, moving from exploring ice in everyday life, to ice at the Polar Regi...

Looking for activities you might use in the classroom for the IPY launch? Check out the "Ice in the Solar System" Exploring Ice in the Solar System, a NASA-funded educational CD authored by Dr. Richard Shope from JPL and produced by Dr. Julie Edmonds at the Carnegie Academy for Science Education for the Carnegie Institutions of Washington MESSENGER and Astrobiology projects, was rated "outstanding" in a NASA space science education product review. Twelve conceptual change lessons spring out from the activated curiosity inspired by the central Ice Experience lesson, moving from exploring ice in everyday life, to ice at the Polar Regi...

Norway has developed a set of Visual Profile Elements for IPY. These include images, collages, fonts, colour schemes, textual graphics, and style manuals. The 'International Polar Year 2007-2008' text at the top of this and every other page of this web site comes from the Norwegian products; several other national IPY web sites use the same textual elements. We use other Norwegian-designed elements in our printed materials, and I use the textual elements, images, fonts and colour maps in all my presentations. We do not insist on the use of these elements, or declare them as the IPY standard. Instead, we feel very pleased to offer them for use by IPY participants, secretariats, and national organisations. Norway makes them available at no cost to the user. IPY IPO thanks the Norwe...

Below is a list of Press officers responsible for launch events around the world. This is also available as a PDF of press_officers. Please also consult National IPY Committees for information on national events. ICSU: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Carthage Smith"}, ICSU Paris WMO: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Paul Garwood"}, WMO Australia: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Sally Chambers"}, Government Antarctic Division Canada: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Karen Edwards"}, Canadian IPY secret...

A number of polar images available on the web such as British Antarctic Survey images (UK) Alfred-Wegener Institute images, video, and audio (Germany) National Science Foundation Antarctic Photolibrary (USA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Arctic images (USA) ...