1. Framework for Polar Literacy
Key Concepts
Key Messages
Audiences and Methods to Educate
Relationship to Ocean Literacy
2. IPY Themes
1. Environmental Status
To determine the present environmental status of the polar regions by quantifying their spatial and temporal variability
2. Environmental and Human Change
2. To quantify, and understand, past and present environmental and human change in the polar regions in order to improve predictions.
3. Global Interactions
3. To advance our understanding of polar - global interactions by studying teleconnections on all scales
4. Investigate Unknowns
4. To investigate the unknowns at the frontiers of science in the polar regions
5. Develop Observatories
5. To use the unique vantage point of the polar regions to develop and enhance observatories studying the Earth's inner core, the Earth's magnetic field, geospace, the Sun and beyond
6. Cultural, Historical and Social Processes
6. To investigate the cultural, historical, and social processes that shape the resilience and sustainability of circumpolar human societies, and to identify their unique contributions to global cultural diversity and citizenship
3. Websites
International Polar Year
US IPY Site
US Government IPY site
4. Workshops on Education
1998 ARCUS held a workshop called "Building Partnerships in Polar Research and Education
2002 ARCUS held a workshop "Arctic Research and Education"
2004 Stephanie Pfirman and Robin Bell hosted the "Bridging the Poles" Workshop
July 2005 Poles Together workshop held in Boulder
March 2006 Integrated Collaborative Education Online Workshop
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