Polar News and Notes Life Science

Yet another use for satellite imagery: locating penguin colonies based on their guano.
British Antarctic Survey researchers noticed that the telltale reddish-brown stains left by large groups of penguins were visible in coastal images of Antarctica produced by the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA).  After one stain was matched with the location of a known penguin […]

Issue 14 of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears online magazine is now available! In Polar Oceans, learn about two very different oceans - the Arctic and Southern Oceans - at opposite ends of the Earth.
As always, our magazine features science and literacy content knowledge for teachers, as well as a variety of other professional […]

Last night, my husband and I went to see Earth, the first in the Disney Nature series. If you haven’t seen a trailer, the film follows three animal families (polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales) across the Earth and over the course of a year.
Fans of the Planet Earth series will recognize much of the […]

Here’s another free online professional development opportunity - a web seminar sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association and the National Science Digital Library!
NSDL/NSTA Free Web Seminar Series
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Arctic and Antarctic Birds
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm Eastern
Did you know that of the 17 penguin species, only a few live or nest […]

You are invited to participate in a free web seminar on science teacher professional development from the National Science Digital Library! Learn more about the terrestrial and marine ecosystems in the polar regions and how to incorporate resources from the April issue of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears into your teaching.
Ecosystems: Life in the Polar […]