The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and the Ohio State University have recently launched a new online magazine to fill a national void in the elementary school curriculum and capitalise on student interest in the Polar regions.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) - funded publication, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, is designed to help teachers develop their knowledge of the Arctic and Antarctica and to use best practices to integrate science and literacy instruction around polar themes. The materials showcased in the publication are chosen specifically to help teachers understand and to explain the role of the polar regions in the global ecosystem.
NSF's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings funded the new magazine as part of the agency's portfolio of research and education grants related to the International Polar Year (IPY).
IPY is a two-year, global research initiative in which scientists from over 60 nations are deploying to the Arctic and Antarctica. Among the IPY goals, formulated by the US National Committee for IPY, is to excite and engage the public, with the goals of increasing understanding of the importance of the Polar regions in the global system and advancing the nation's general science literacy.
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