ENGLISH FRANÇAIS NEDERLANDS HOME ABOUT PROJECTS NEWS EDUCATION MATERIAL MULTIMEDIA LINKS Sun Shadows project 26.01.2012 Logo of the Sun Shadows project © INTERNATIONAL POLAR FOUNDATION Pupils and teachers all over the world join forces to measure the shadows of a 1m long stick! You don’t need much to participate, just some sun and a stick! Everybody's measurements are compiled into an online database. These measurements can be used in geography lessons about the movements of the earth in our solar system, in trigonometry classes and even in classes discussing how time used to be measured long ago. Of course it is also a fun educational activity for people of any age! Participate You can find all the information (project description, objectives and instructions) on the educational section of the website of Maciste Ice. Watch the instruction video made by Koen Meirlaen, geography teacher, at the Princess Elisabeth station in Antarctica. It is in Dutch, but don’t worry! We've provided a translation. Student can use a worksheet to fill in their data. Download STUDENT WORKSHEET. Project Partners The Sun Shadows Project is a joint educational project of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide and the International Polar Foundation. Both send a teacher to Antarctica to make the research the scientists are doing accessible to the students so they can have a greater appreciation of polar science. This project and the material produced have been made using and adapting the resources of the following early projects. “Sun Shadow Project” (2009) : project of the Educational program of the scientific research ANDRILL (www.andrill.org) “Sun Shadows project” (2002) Related Information DOCUMENTS Sun Shadows project - Student worksheet 26.01.2012 SEE ALSO Sun Shadows project: instruction video clip VIDEO - 26.01.2012 Join the Sun Shadows Project! NEWS - 26.01.2012 Sun Shadows project: at work! PICTURES - 26.01.2012 BROWSE ALL By clicking the links hereunder, you can view all related items sorted per type. All related documents All related news All related picture galleries All related projects All related videos All related project partners PROJECT PARTNERS Museo Nazionale dell’Antartide PARTNER Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list to get regular updates about our educational projects and free educational resources. Related Pictures ALL RELATED GALLERIES Related Videos ALL RELATED VIDEOS FOCUS ON COP22 – time to act on climate change! The International Polar Foundation (IPF) participated in the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties… STAY UP TO DATE Subscribe to Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list to get updates about our educational projects and free educational resources. This is a low trafic mailing list. We usually send no more than 10 mails a year and only for targetted communication. SUBSCRIBE OTHER WEBSITES AntarcticStation STATION WEBSITE PolarFoundation CORPORATE WEBSITE SciencePoles SCIENTIFIC WEBSITE ExploraPoles ADVENTURE WEBSITE RSS RSS Feeds Subscribe to our RSS feeds to be warned in real time when the website is updated. Here is a list of all available feeds: Educational News Teaching dossiers Multimedia animations SUPPORT THE IPF Support us All donations to the IPF are tax deductible. Donations can be made by various means, depending if they are made by a company or by individuals. SUPPORT US Contact us | Newsletter | Accessibility policy | Search | RSS © 2021 International Polar Foundation - Powered by ExpressionEngine