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Exploiting Antarctica
Students read the story and diary "Lizzie's diaries from Antarctica and Antarctica" to get massive clean-up. Students discuss their knowledge of life in Antarctica and raise the fact of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and its...
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Deep Freeze
Young scholars practice various sampling methods for retrieving data under water, ice, and soil. They use the sample material to make temperature measurements, chart contents, and draw their own conclusions as to what is happening in the...
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A Day in a Life of an Arctic/Antarctic Animal
Students, through video segments, explore what types of animals live in the Arctic and Antarctica. They also clear up any misconceptions they have about penguins or polar bears.
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Antarctica I
Young scholars explore exploring and expiditions then simlate their own on campus. They divide into small "expedition groups." Have each team report back to the class about their expeditions, using written, oral, or videotaped...
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Ticky Plans His Trip to Antarctica to See Tacky
First graders participate in creative problem solving activity to get from Utah to the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Cultural Geography of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Students use information from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Web site to explore multiculturalism and immigration in Australia. They create graphs and charts from immigration data.
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Today
Students explore the importance of research in Antarctica, then explain how snow becomes part of the Antarctic ice cap. They explore Antarctica's harsh environment and discover how scientists drill ice cores and what information ice...
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Antarctica Food Chain
Students visit an interactive web page. In this food chain lesson, students visit an interactive web page displaying an example of the food chain in Antarctica. As students move their mouse over the images, captions appear describing the...
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Antarctica
In this word scramble worksheet, students recognize words to complete the cryptogram. Students unscramble nine words to solve the riddle about Antarctica.
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Antarctica Word Search
In this geography worksheet, learners analyze 16 words in a word bank that pertain to Antarctica. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
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Puzzle Fun for Kids - Find a Word
In this word search worksheet, learners complete two separate word puzzles. Students find twenty words related to camping and twenty words related to Antarctica.
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The Coldest Continent
Students use the internet to conduct research on the continent of Antarctica. As a class, they review the continent's climate and the reasons behind the cold temperatures. After reading an article, they draw a picture of what they...
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Richard Evelyn Byrd: Live from Antarctica
Students explore Richard Evelyn Bird and his flights over Antarctica. They conduct an online journey of the Polar Duke to discover where to study penguins, seals, oceans, ice and Antarctica's ozone hole. They create their own Antarctic...
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Icebergs Ahead!
Students experiment with density of ice, and examine how density affects how icebergs float in water.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Antarctic Projects
Dispatches from more than twenty scientific projects taking place in Antarctica offer insight into the Antarctic ecosystem and the broad range of knowledge scientists are gaining through their studies there.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Antarctica
Researchers share their observances from the McMurdo facility in Antarctica through webcasts and field notes. Two interactives are included in the collection.
Penguin Science
Penguin Science: Penguins Marching Into the Classroom
Follow Adelie Penguin families as they raise their chicks. Daily pictures (November through January) from the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica. are posted with data for students to keep a field journal. Inquiry classroom...
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Polar Ice Caps Biome
Learn about the polar ice cap ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Tramline
Tramline: Antarctica Field Trip
"What are the native land mammals of Antarctica? Do you know what Nanatuks are? Did you realize that if you use rainfall as a measure, Antarctica is by definition a desert?" Find the answers to these questions and more in this...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic Time Machine
In this video, Lee Hotz describes research into greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change taking place at the South Pole in Antarctica. [9:46] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Great Continental Drift Mystery
A unit on plate tectonics designed for middle school young scholars, this page must be read carefully to find the activities to be done in the class, but it provides a wealth of background for the teacher as well.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Polar Discovery: Compare the Poles
A detailed comparison of many aspects of the two polar regions. Includes physical features, seasons, weather, types of ice, plants and animals, human population, and climate change.
Other
Hartao: An Introduction to Plate Tectonics
Introduces South African Alexander Toit as naming Gondwanaland and Laurasia.
Other
The Antarctic Sun: News About Antarctica
Latest headline scientific news of theworkbeing done in the Antarctic, and stories of the peopleliving there.