Polar News and Notes Writing

The International Polar Year Youth Time Capsule Project Committee is holding a writing contest for Pan-Arctic youth, and is calling for submissions about life in the north that will be included in the IPY Time Capsule, to be re-opened 25 years from now.
The IPY Time Capsule Project is a youth-led initiative, aimed at involving northern […]

Did you know that there are approximately 400,000 indigenous people living in the circumpolar north and that they represent a diverse set of cultures? Come learn about the Gwich’in, Dene, Sámi, Yup’ik, Inupiat, Kalaallit, and others in Issue Sixteen of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears!While this is not a true science topic, we feel that learning about the native people of […]

What do the polar regions mean to you? Why are they important – to you as an individual and to the planet as a whole?
We invite you (and your students) to share an original piece of writing (any format or length) on this topic at the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Online Gallery at http://www.galleryofwriting.org/galleries/97953. […]

Issue 15 of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine is now available! In Icebergs and Glaciers, learn about these two very different forms of ice, and what they can teach us (and students) about concepts like buoyancy and density.
In this issue, we’ve dedicated our Professional Learning columns to glaciers and our Across the Curriculum […]

In honor of the upcoming National Day on Writing (October 20, 2009), the National Council of Teachers of English have created a National Gallery of Writing where individuals can contribute any type of writing composition. Beyond Penguins has created its own Local Gallery within the National Gallery of Writing. We invite elementary teachers, students, researchers, […]