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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Taiga Animal Printouts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful pictures of animals found in the taiga biome such as the arctic fox, bald eagle, gray wolf, and muskrat. Information is provided about each animal when clicked.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Instructor: Journey to the North Pole

For Students 3rd - 5th
Journey to the North Pole in which students and teachers can use this Cyber Hunt to locate new information about this arctic region.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Tufted Puffin

For Students 9th - 10th
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Tufted Puffin. It also includes pictures and an extensive quote from 19th Century naturalist Edward Nelson.
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Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Tundra, Permafrost

For Students 9th - 10th
An article exploring the depths of tundra and permafrost in the Arctic region.
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Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
An article briefly addressing climate change and its effects in the Arctic region.
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Handout
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Polar Discovery: Compare the Poles: Ice

For Students 9th - 10th
A comparison of the features of ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Looks at glaciers, icebergs, pack ice, and multi-year ice.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Question of the Day: Anwr Drilling Policy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will examine two policy positions regarding oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The students also determine their viewpoint on the issue and quantitatively analyze the cases for oil drilling in the ANWR...
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Habitats and Biomes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find a variety of activities for children to do as they learn to identify varying habitats and biomes. Included are links to an even more extensive list of resources under coral reef, desert, grassland,...
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Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Midnight Sun and Northern Lights [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article discusses the arctic where in the summer, the sun shines all day and night, but the winter is dark all day and night. It also explains the Northern Lights or aurora which is like a light show with beautiful pinks...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Ozone Hits a New Low

For Students 3rd - 8th
Describes scientific research showing that the ozone layer in the Arctic is diminishing. [October 19, 2011]
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Tundra

For Students 9th - 10th
Characteristics given about tundras. The two types of tundras, arctic and alpine, are both discussed.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice by Victor Appleton

For Students 4th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, an adventure multi-chapter book written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main character competes...
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Other

Unmuseum: Virtual Exploration Society: Matthew Henson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the exciting account of Matthew Henson's explorations of the Arctic region and his assault on the North Pole.
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Handout
Other

Worldbiomes.com: Tundra Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
Directed toward elementary students, this site provides an overview of the tundra biome. Included are the arctic vs. alpine tundras, links to related biome web sites, world map of biomes, and photographs of the tundra biome.
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Website
Other

Peary & Henson Foundation: The Discovery of the North Pole

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Admiral Peary's North Pole discovery, view pictures of the expedition, and find biographical information on the American Arctic explorer.
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Handout
Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Brant

For Students 9th - 10th
The brant is a small aquatic goose found in the Arctic and Alaska during its northern migration and as far south as Mexico and North Carolina on its southern migration. This is an information page about the brant.
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Handout
Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Red Necked Phalarope

For Students 9th - 10th
The red-necked phalarope is a shorebird that spends summers in the Arctic and northern Canada, and winters mainly south of the equator. They are found mostly in coastal waters but can also be seen in some inland waters. Facts about the...
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Handout
Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Semipalmated Sandpiper

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact sheet giving information about the semipalmated sandpiper, a shorebird that migrates between the Canadian Arctic and South America.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Discover the Amazing Story of the Purple Saxifrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Winters in the Canadian Arctic are long and cold. One of the first flowering plants to bloom is the Purple Saxifrage. This amazing plant, with spectacular flowers, is often the only flowering plant to grow in this most inhospitable area.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Heat Is On

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives information about global warming and its threat to the polar bears in the Arctic. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Inuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Inuit who live in the Arctic. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal...
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Interactive
Sesame Street

Sesame Street Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
These interactive games allow young children to explore the jungle, the oceans and the arctic regions. Children can look for animals in that area of the world.
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Ocean and Coasts

For Students 9th - 10th
This website highlights the oceans of the world. Even though June is World Ocean Month, learning about oceans never ends! There are links here to many resources and lesson plans regarding the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and...
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Other

National Wildlife Federation: Happenin' Habitats: What Is Habitat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find an overview of what a habitat is exactly. Then, for more information, click in the left hand menu for different types of habitat: forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, and arctic tundra. Authors also offer advice on creating a...

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