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Newsletter n°4, 11 April 2017

1. Your fourth online newsletter
2. EDU-ARCTIC Teachers Fora
3. Polarpedia – plenty of terms and new languages
4. Check out new upcoming lessons
5. EDU-ARCTIC in Italy: 2017 PEI Conference
6. Spreading the word about EDU-ARCTIC
7. …and Happy Easter to you all!

1. Your fourth online newsletter

This is the fourth online newsletter that you get as a part of the EDU-ARCTIC family, dedicated to keeping you informed about the latest developments and key happenings within the EDU-ARCTIC project, as well as to remind you about the very useful educational tools that are available to you as educators.

2. Polarpedia– plenty of terms and new languages

Have you checked Polarpedia lately? For now we have almost 100 (!) English/Polish terms related to the Arctic, divided into 9 categories: Ice & Snow, Climate & Weather, People & Society, Atmosphere, Animals & Plants, Seas & Oceans, Land & Geology, Space and Career Resources. Translations into French and Danish are arriving. You can use it as a source of unique knowledge and a glossary for lessons. 

Also, we decided to add a Romanian version of the Polarpedia, as Romanian teachers are the second biggest group taking advantage of EDU-ARCTIC’s educational resources. We hope it will be helpful and encourage you to check the translations and comment.

3. EDU-ARCTIC Teachers Fora

We are very happy to announce that our highly anticipated Teachers Fora will take place in early Autumn 2017. These workshops will be dedicated to teachers from different parts of Europe (teachers form western and southern Europe will meet in France (21-22 September), from central and eastern Europe in Poland (23-24. September), and from northern Europe in Norway (18. October). You can submit your application form on the EDU-ARCTIC portal by May 15, 2017.

Meet our scientists, get familiar with the portal, polar research, and Earth sciences issues, and become a local leader/ambassador for the project! We also encourage you to show during the Forum how you use EDU-ARCTIC tools in your classroom.

If you have a high score in the EDU-GAME, you’re increasing your chance to receive a travel grant, so it’s certainly worth being active!

4. Check out our new upcoming lessons!

There are still some places available for our new lessons in April. Do you want to identify cloud types, find out if nature can adapt to or is doomed to die, participate in geological field observations, or observe models showing how climate changed for the last five decades? Then we encourage you to sign in.

Remember, You can get an overview of the online lessons that are already available by having a look at the calendar of upcoming lessons. The time of online lessons is always posted in UTC (GMT+0), so make sure to convert it to the right time zone if necessary!

5. EDU-ARCTIC in Italy: 2017 PEI Conference

Representatives from the EDU-ARCTIC team is participating in 3rd International Workshop of Polar Educators (PEI) (11-14 April) in Rovereto, Italy. The workshop aims to gather the international community of polar educators together with scientists in an intensive 4-day workshop to share the best research and education practices in the field of polar science. Keep your fingers crossed!

6. Spreading the word about EDU-ARCTIC

We hope that as members of the EDU-ARCTIC community, you will help us spread the word about the project! We have many promotional materials, including videos available in eight languages on the EDU-ARCTIC YouTube channel plus promotional brochures in eight languages available on our website.

And don’t forget to visit our website for the latest news, follow our Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram account. We also have an EDU-ARCTIC profile on LinkedIn, which you are welcome and encouraged to follow, as it can help you to make contact with other professionals in STEM education.

We look forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming online lessons!

7. Dear EDU-ARCTIC friends, Happy Easter, and have a nice, well deserved Spring Break!