Archives: April, 2009

LEARN NC is thrilled to share the story of a local adventurer’s summit of Mount Everest through a newly published slideshow, Journey to the Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest.

In the spring of 2008, Ciprian “Chip” Popoviciu, an engineer at Cisco Systems in Research Triangle Park, headed off to Nepal to climb the world’s highest mountain. He partnered with Martin GT Magnet Middle School in Raleigh to make the journey an interactive one for the students, sharing photos and firsthand accounts of the expedition’s successes and dangers as he climbed. This slideshow tells the story of Chip’s attempt to climb Mount Everest in photos, video, and text, including excerpts from his journal.

LEARN NC is a partner in National Environmental Education Week (April 12-18), the single largest organized environmental education event in the United States. EE Week increases the educational impact of Earth Day by creating a full week of environmentally themed lessons and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums. Activities include creating trails for biking and walking, creating backyard habitats, or hosting an environmental play with students.

Last year, nearly 1,850 schools, nature centers, museums, zoos, and other educational institutions helped teach millions of students about the importance of caring for our natural environment. This year the organization hopes to increase participation to 2,200 partner organizations and 4.5 million students.

For more information or to register for this year’s EE Week, educators can click here.