Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Integrating Literacy and IPY in the K-5 Classroom

Beyond Penguins和北极熊将最大限度地提高国际极地年对小学课堂的影响，方法是激发学生的兴趣，培养小学教师将极地概念整合到他们的教学中的能力，方法是：1)从国家科学数字图书馆、俄亥俄州资源中心和其他IPY资助的项目中选择、扩充和设置高质量的学习资源；2)创建20期多媒体网络杂志，结合基于探究的科学和丰富的内容识字学习；3)修改通信、生产和网络基础设施工具，扩大资源发现和访问，并增加内容的重复使用和重新利用的便利性；4)通过演示、出版物和推送技术传播交付成果；以及5)评估项目交付成果对教师和学生的影响。

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears will maximize the impact of International Polar Year on elementary classrooms by capturing student interest and fostering the ability of elementary school teachers to integrate polar concepts into their teaching by 1) selecting, augmenting, and contextualizing quality learning resources from the National Science Digital Library, the Ohio Resource Center, and other IPY-funded projects; 2) creating 20 issues of a multimedia cyberzine with a combined focus on inquiry-based science and content-rich literacy learning; 3) modifying communication, production, and cyberinfrastructure tools that amplify resource discovery and access to resources and increase the ease of reuse and repurposing of content; 4) disseminating deliverables through presentations, publications, and push technologies; and 5) evaluating the impact of project deliverables on teachers and students.