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

Polar Mammals - Issue 10, January 2009 Across the Curriculum

A caribou bull in Alaska. Caribou and reindeer (found throughout Scandinavia) are considered the same species. Photo courtesy of John Nickles, US Fish and Wildlife Service. title= A caribou bull in Alaska. Caribou and reindeer (found throughout Scandinavia) are considered the same species. Photo courtesy of John Nickles, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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.