To all those interested in Education, Outreach and Communication during the
latest International Polar Year!
Since the close of the International Polar Year (IPY) in the June 2010, the
IPY Education, Outreach and Communication (EOC) Assessment Project has been
working to collect information on Education, Outreach and Communication
projects that occurred during the 2007-2009 International Polar Year.
We have now collected survey responses from more than 200 IPY EOC activities
and have information on more than 500 education and outreach programs and
activities. This includes large scale outreach involving internationally
collaborations to IPY inspired classroom projects and activities. Thank you
to all those who have taken the time and filled out our survey, your efforts
are greatly appreciated and we have included the entries into our current
catalogue of IPY EOC efforts.
Now that we have compiled IPY EOC projects into a single online, open
access, searchable database we are asking for your feedback.
You can view and search the catalogue here:
<http://apecs.is/education-outreach/ipy-outreach-assessment/catalogue>http://apecs.is/education-outreach/ipy-outreach-assessment/catalogue.
Please take the time to look through the catalogue. You can browse and
search through the catalogue, allowing those interested in certain topics,
target audiences, activities, certain countries etc. to narrow down the
catalogue to what you are interested in. If you find an error in an EOC
activity that you were a part of please email
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] with the
name of the project and the correction.
If you were involved in, or know more activities that are not in the
catalogue, we still want to know about them. You have until April 8th to
enter the information in our online IPY EOC
survey<<http://apecs.is/outreach/2529-ipy-eoc-survey>http://apecs.is/outreach/2529-ipy-eoc-survey>(
http://apecs.is/outreach/2529-ipy-eoc-survey). (If you took part of the
survey and requested a copy of the report, don't worry it is coming, we are
still working on this part of the project)
This IPY EOC Assessment Project is an ICSU funded activity, lead by APECS in
partnership with SCAR and IASC. The project committee thanks everyone who
has taken the time to input EOC records and complete surveys, and hopes that
this project will help promote, record and archive all the EOC efforts that
made IPY such a success.
If you have any questions, concerns, corrections please direct your email to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
--
Jennifer Provencher
IPY Education, Outreach and Communication Assessment Project Coordinator
APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists)
Please visit the project website at
<http://apecs.is/education-outreach/ipy-outreach-assessment>apecs.is/education-outreach/ipy-outreach-assessment
To fill in our IPY Education and Outreach survey visit
<http://apecs.is/outreach/2529-ipy-eoc-survey>our survey page
