Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Wildlife Portfolio
The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center offers a portfolio of arctic animals. A page dedicated to each animal provides a physical description, personal observations of the animal in the wild, and several pictures.
Read Works
Read Works: Who Owns the Arctic?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the North Pole, the countries that want to claim it, and the effects of global warming. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Natural Resources Canada: Polar Continental Shelf Project
This resource presents an overview of the Arctic - its animals, plants, people and geography.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Arctic vs. the Antarctic
Camille Seaman describes how enterprising people and organisms have found ways to reside around both poles despite the frigid temperatures. [4:24]
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Natural Resources Defense Council: Oil and the Arctic Wildlife Refuge
The continuing debate between oil drilling and wilderness preservation rages on. Questions concerning the impact to the land and animals are discussed in this site.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Arctic Story Puzzles
Construct a story about the Inuit or the polar bear from a series of pictures that can be put together in a sequence.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center: Lemmings
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Lemmings that also includes a picture and a quote from naturalist Edward Nelson.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center: Peregrine Falcon
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Peregrine Falcon that also includes a picture.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center: Polar Bear
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in a section titled "North American Mammals," offers a general overview of the polar bear. Additional content includes detailed drawings, photographs, and a map showing the polar bear's...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Arctic Warming and Greenhouse Gasses
Explore how the warming of the Earth's polar regions may lead to releasing greenhouse gasses.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center Mammals Sea Otter
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Sea Otters that also includes a picture and an extensive quote from naturalist Edward Nelson.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Arctic Ocean: Finland: What Is Matter?
A module to learn about matter including the exploration of mass and volume.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Arctic Adventures
During this lesson, students will explore plant and animal life found at the Arctic Circle. They will also learn about the dangerously cold climate and the location of the Arctic Circle relative to the school's location on maps and globes.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Arctic Foxes: Secrets of Survival : Activity 1
Find out how Arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Arctic Foxes: Secrets of Survival : Activity 2
Find out how Arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Arctic Animals of Alaska (Learning Activities)
Lesson plans, pictures, activities, and links make this site valuable for the teacher. Many activities can be used for individualizing instruction.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: To Drill or Not to Drill? Case Study in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
This lesson intends to increase students' knowledge of a variety of topics through a real world environmental topic.
Other
Arctic Circle: Inupiat of Arctic Alaska: Growing Up in an Inupiat Village
Lengthy article describing in detail village life for an Inupiat child in North Alaska in the years following World War II. Follows the child from infancy to youth to marriage and family.
Other
Arctic Circle: Inupiat of Arctic Alaska: Social and Cultural Life
Comprehensive article discussing the social and cultural life of the Inupiats including relationships, celebrations, religion and health, and law and social control.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Arctic Warbler
Listen to the sounds of the warbler and delve into topics such as range, habitat, food, behavior and more on this thorough site.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Graphing the Extent of Sea Ice in Arctic and Antarctic
Students graph sea ice extent in both polar regions over a three-year period to learn about seasonal variations, and over a 30-year period to learn about longer-term trends.
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Cape Farewell Arctic Voyage
Cape Farewell is an organization dedicated to the study of the ocean's role in regulating global temperature and its relationship to climate change and global warming. Each year a trek is made in order to study these climate changes....
McGill University
Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Northern Arctic
A brief, concise description of the chain of islands that form most of the archipelago north of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. It includes an excellent collection of images of the landscape as well as those of animals and birds...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Arctic Ocean: What Are Conductors and Insulators?
Visit Vlad and learn about the properties of conductors and insulators, and what materials are used for them.
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