Penguin Science - Climate Change Education

Adélie Penguins at a breeding colony on Ross Island, Antarctica,
Photo by Viola Toniolo 2002

What's New - Penguin Science is now available on DVD, link to order!

Penguin Science is a new educational media program that seeks to clarify the complex science of climate change so that thousands of students, teachers, and citizens across the United States will become better informed and actively engaged in the issue.

Integrating a classroom DVD, a broadcast film, a website, and other emerging media Penguin Science will present a compelling case study of how one familiar and beloved animal is coping with a sudden rise in temperature and what that may mean for polar environments and ultimately for the planet.

In Penguin Science, amid Antarctica's spectacular Adélie penguin breeding colonies, leading researchers share their latest investigations into how the birds are responding to the recent warming trend. Back at school and at home students will witness and participate in actual scientific inquiry and become engaged in a way that goes well beyond their science textbooks.

Link to Main Project Website - New Classroom Activities now online

www.penguinscience.com

People

Lloyd Fales, DVD/Film Producer, Penguin Science lcfales at aol.com
David Ainley, Lead Researcher, H.T. Harvey & Assoc. dainley at penguinscience.com
Grant Ballard, Lead Researcher, PRBO Conservation Science & Oikonos
Katie Dugger, Lead Researcher, Oregon State University
William Sladen, Advisor, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University,
Antarctic Penguin Research 1950--1970
Jean Pennycook, Educational Materials Producer, Science Education Specialist
Ian Gaffney, Multimedia Web Specialist

Funders and Collaborators

National Science Foundation - Informal Science Education (Award: 0610122)
Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
Hawksglen Foundation
Special Thanks to the Private Donors

Donations Needed for Penguin Science

To make a donation securely online click here

or contact Michelle by email: michelle at oikonos.org or at (415) 868-1399

Oikonos, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization, is accepting your tax deductible donations
to directly support Penguin Science.

For further details about this endeavor, please contact David Ainley: dainley at penguinscience.com