The North Pole is melting and we think kids ought to know.
“Arctic sea ice extent averaged over January 2011 was 13.55 million square kilometers (5.23 million square miles). This was the lowest January ice extent recorded since satellite records began in 1979.” This according to recent report from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/).
Many and various other reputable studies are fairly irrefutable in their contention that the Earth is getting warmer.
Of course there is discussion from different political constituencies as to what exactly is causing this trend. We feel kids need to know about the science behind the changes in world temperatures, but the last thing we want is to embroil a school in controversy over political causes. Principals have enough on their plates, right?
So Mobile Ed has produced a wonderful environmental science assembly called Our Changing Climate, which addresses these issues in exciting and fun ways sure to please all student audiences, while carefully skirting political controversy. This is a great science assembly perfect for introducing students to new concepts or for reinforcing lessons already taught. Using video, live demonstrations, enhanced graphics and animatronic characters, Our Changing Climate is a perfect science assembly for Earth Month in April, when schools all over the country spend some time addressing issues relating to our planet.
We have heard that as the ice melts, various countries are already scrambling to obtain the “right” for fishing in the Polar Sea during the summer, as well as the “rights” to whatever mineral and oil deposits lie beneath the ocean at the top of the world. Here at home we don’t know a lot about that, but we do feel our kids have a “right” to good information about what is going on “way up North” After all, if the North Pole melts, what will happen to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, and, more importantly, Santa's workshop?
Here is some additional information about school assemblies for Ohio and Illinois!