- Publisher:
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Kimberly Lightle
- Since:
- 2010
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, an online professional development magazine for elementary teachers, focuses on preparing teachers to teach science concepts in an already congested curriculum by integrating inquiry-based science with literacy teaching. Launched in March 2008, each thematic issue relates elementary science topics and concepts to the real-world context of the polar regions and includes standards-based science and content-rich literacy learning across five departments (In the Field: Scientists at Work, Professional Learning, Science and Literacy, Across the Curriculum, and Polar News and Notes). The magazine has covered many common earth and space science topics (seasons, rocks, minerals and fossils, the water cycle, energy, erosion) and is now turning to plants, animals, and other life science topics. The indigenous peoples of the Arctic, climate change, and polar research and explorers will round out twenty planned issues.
Publications in Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
20 publications
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Energy and the Polar Environment
In this issue's Science and Literacy department, we discuss the Sun's role in warming Earth, the albedo (reflectivity) of Earth's diverse surfaces,…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Polar Festivals
Looking for an exciting way to incorporate polar science into your curriculum? A polar festival might just be your answer! Festivals are flexible,…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Polar Explorers
Did you know that even after 100 years, debate still surrounds the question of who reached the North Pole first? Or that a 19-year-old Boy Scout…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Science at the Poles
In many ways, science in the Arctic or Antarctica is unlike research anywhere else on Earth. Where else would you find scientists camping on floating…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Climate Change and the Polar Regions
Even though climate change and its effects are complex concepts for Grades K-5 learners, elementary teachers can still play an important role in…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: A Sense of Place
Place and Location are two of the five themes of geography and a natural starting point for a study of the Arctic and Antarctica. Location answers…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Learning From the Polar Past
Everyone loves a good mystery. Gathering evidence and piecing together clues is exciting! The same is true for science and reading when lessons are…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Weather and Climate: From Home to the Poles
What's the weather like today? The question is often heard in elementary schools, from morning meetings to science units. In this issue, we highlight…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Peoples of the Arctic
While the Arctic may seem bleak and inhospitable, indigenous people have successfully lived there for thousands of years. In this issue, learn how…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and minerals have fascinating stories to tell about the processes that have shaped our earth throughout its history. In this issue, we focus on…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Tundra - Life in the Polar Extremes
At first glance, the polar regions may seem barren and lifeless. Yet the tundra - found in both the Arctic and Antarctica - is home to a surprising…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Polar Patterns: Day, Night, and Seasons
In this issue, we highlight ways to teach about the extremes in day and night and seasons in the Arctic and Antarctica. Students can observe patterns…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Earth's Changing Surface
Earth's surface is always changing, and the polar regions are no exception. Glaciers slowly scour the landscape, while the fierce katabatic winds of…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Water, Ice, and Snow
Did you know that the water cycle includes ice and snow? Every elementary student learns about this cycle, yet water storage in glaciers, ice sheets,…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Arctic and Antarctic Birds
Sure, you've heard of emperor penguins...but what about giant petrels, skuas, or sanderlings? This issue, co-produced with the Cornell Lab of…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Keeping Warm
Winter brings cold temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere, leading us to consider ways to keep warm. In the polar regions, this question is…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Polar Plants
Did you know that Antarctica is home to two species of plants? At the opposite end of the earth, over a thousand plant species grow on the Arctic…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Polar Mammals
What is a mammal? And what kinds of mammals live in the polar regions? This issue, co-produced with the American Museum of Natural History, explores…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Icebergs and Glaciers
Selected articles from the Icebergs and Glaciers issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine (Issue 15). Beyond Penguins is a free online…
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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Polar Oceans
At the ends of the Earth lie the Arctic and Southern Oceans - mysterious, largely unexplored, yet vital in driving global circulation patterns and…
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