HR: 0800h
AN: ED11A-0104    [Abstracts]
TI: Polarjugend.de - an IPY Education and Outreach Project of the German Youth Steering Committee
AU: Sachs, T
EM: Torsten.Sachs@awi.de
AF: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A43, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
AU: Kaiser, B
EM: bettina-kaiser@gmx.net
AF: University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
AU: Richter, A
EM: Ástrid.Richter@awi.de
AF: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A43, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
AU: Schofield, R
EM: Robyn.Schofield@awi.de
AF: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A43, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
AU: Lantuit, H
EM: Hugues.Lantuit@awi.de
AF: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A43, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
AU: * Salmon, R
EM: ipy.ras@gmail.com
AF: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB30ET, United Kingdom
AU: Haase, D
EM: dha48@student.canterbury.ac.nz
AF: Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
AB: The online network polarjugend.de is a project being initiated by the German Youth Steering Committee for the International Polar Year (GYSC) in cooperation with the International Youth Steering Committe and the IPY Education and Outreach. Two goals integral to the YSC are firstly the networking of young polar researchers across all disciplines early in their careers to enable collaboration, and secondly for this network to be involved in outreach to other youth. To meet these two aims with a project coordinated by the youth for the youth, the German YSC has created an online platform in German to facilitate the collaboration among high-school students, teachers and young polar researchers in and outside the classroom. The GYSC coordinates presentations and discussions at high schools throughout Germany by networking teachers and researchers and providing educational material and resources. The GYSC makes available brief online presentations and articles for further use in the classroom. An event calendar provides teachers and students with subject-relevant information on the Polar Regions. An online discussion forum considers student questions dealing with polar issues. The project aims at reducing the language barrier of polar education and outreach activities for a German- speaking audience by providing polar-related information and further means of communication specifically in German. The project is designed to continue beyond the timeline of the IPY, and the GYSC is confident that it will exert a lasting effect on German high-school education and the integration and discussion of Polar issues into the curriculum.
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0855 Diversity
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting