Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears eZine

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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears

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Professional Learning Science and Literacy Across the Curriculum In the Field: Scientists at Work Polar News and Notes

Energy and the Polar Environment - Issue 7, October 2008 Across the Curriculum

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, or Alaska Pipeline, is a major U.S. oil pipeline. It runs north to south, almost 800 miles, from the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to the Gulf of Alaska at Valdez, Alaska. Photo courtesy of exposedplanet via Flickr. title= The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, or Alaska Pipeline, is a major U.S. oil pipeline. It runs north to south, almost 800 miles, from the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to the Gulf of Alaska at Valdez, Alaska. Photo courtesy of exposedplanet via Flickr.
In this department, learn how to connect polar science and literacy to other disciplines such as mathematics, geography, culture, and art. Read about how our popular culture portrays the polar regions and how these ideas may create incorrect preconceptions about the Arctic and Antarctica. Discover titles for classroom use in our virtual bookshelf. View teacher-submitted lesson plans and samples of student work, or share your own. Across the Curriculum includes columns such as: Lessons and Activities, Classroom Vignettes, Virtual Bookshelf, Student and Teacher Work, Informal Learning, and Popular Culture and the Polar Regions.