Contents
3. i-Explore
4. Librophilia
5.
Did you Know?
6. The Arctic: an
Introduction
7. The Poles: What’s the
Difference?
Hello!
Welcome to this super-cool edition of IGNIS
all about the Arctic! Learn all about the Arctic
ecosystem, the Earth’s atmosphere, global
warming, the carbon cycle, the history of Arctic
exploration and much more! You can find some
resources on the back page to springboard
your way into your own investigations on the
Arctic. As always, we appreciate any feedback,
input and contributions, so please send these to
[email protected]
Freyja & Adrian
8. History of Arctic
Exploration
12. Arctic Ecosystems
14. The Earth’s Atmosphere
14. Arctic Food Chains
16. The Greenhouse Effect
www.i-explore.net
17. The Carbon Effect
Potential Plus UK have just launched
an awesome new website!
18. How is Global Warming
effecting the Arctic?
20. Solutions & Cool Sites
Editor: Freyja Taylor-Law
Design and art direction: Adrian Hedges
Address: Potential Plus UK: Suite 1.6, Challenge
House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley,
Milton Keynes, MK3 6DP
Tel: 01908 646433
Email: [email protected]
Copyright 2014 Potential Plus UK. All rights reserved.
IGNIS is published by Potential Plus UK
(operating name for The National Association For
Gifted Children). Should you wish to use articles
or other material from IGNIS we are happy to
consider requests and will require full source
acknowledgement.
2 | IGNIS
i-Explore is a site developed and run by Potential Plus
UK which aims to enthuse, educate and entertain
children and young people who have enquiring minds.
i-Explore is a hub of websites, videos, PDFs, e-books,
courses, apps, games and much, much more from all
over the web; Here in one place to help you kick-start
your learning, find your passion and investigate issues
from home! The aim is to make you think, satisfy your
need for knowledge and broaden your learning with
extra-curricular, engaging, interactive and exciting
activities.
There are three main sections to i-Explore – SPARK,
FUSE and IGNIS. They each represent a different level
of difficulty. However, we understand that everyone
is good at different things and has different interests,
and so feel free to delve and dig between them as
you please. The very rough guidelines are that SPARK is
for the under-5s, FUSE is for those between 5-12 years
and IGNIS is most appropriate for young people aged
12+ years – but cross between them as you please!
Each of these larger sections is split into subject
areas – iScience, iMaths, iArts, iWords, iTech, iWorld
and iMatter. These sections group similar resources
together, to make them easier to find.
Please note - i-Explore is full of links to external sites,
so please be wary when leaving i-Explore, as, much as
we’ve tried to make sure these links are appropriate,
Potential Plus UK cannot take responsibility for the
content of external sites. Please have your parent or
carer visit our page on Parental Guidance, and also
read our External Linking Policy – these are available
at the bottom of every page.
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