INTSCHOOL
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definition: Short Title: IntSchool Proposal URL:http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=402 The work proposed here is aimed at developing web-based educational tools for pre-university students to let them explore, understand and communicate on polar issues. Specific goals are 1) to increase the knowledge and understanding of polar issues at the pre-university level internationally, 2) to increase the student's interest for natural and social sciences for polar regions, 3) assist polar research by encouraging meaningful data collection and reports by pre-university groups, 4) to encourage and facilitate exchange and communication between the participants. The target group are students aged ~13-18 worldwide. The material will cover all six IPY themes and relevant inter-disciplinary topics. The aim is to inspire pupils to seek information about the polar regions and to increase their understanding of polar issues, both for natural and social sciences. The pupils will be provided with links to resources and should work as scientists by combining background knowledge, scientific data, as well as national and international hands-on learning activities (for instance GLOBE protocols). The students will be provided with a web-based report-generating tool to generate scientific reports based on information and material from the scientific findings of IPY work and other polar factual resources. The pupils then assess and conclude on the basis of both the scientist's and their own findings. The IntSchool report-generating tools will be tailored for the specific IPY themes, but also for relevant inter-disciplinary topics covering natural and social sciences, relevant topics important for the local communities of the respective schools and from ongoing IPY projects. The report generator will utilize both existing resources on polar issues and new findings from the IPY projects as well as tools and hands-on educational activities made by various Organisation in differe…

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