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Interactive
Curated OER

Animals Galore Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about animal facts. Page includes links to answers, ads and resources.
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Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great resource for general information on Antarctica. It includes geography, population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Researchers share their observances from the McMurdo facility in Antarctica through webcasts and field notes. Two interactives are included in the collection.
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Article
PBS

Nova: Krakauer in Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Jon Krakauer describes what it's like to be in Antarctica and climb its highest mountain.
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Website
Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society: Antarctica: Extreme Wilderness

For Students 3rd - 5th
Information, activities and images of Antarctica including a number from Scott's expedition to the South Pole.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: What Is Antarctica?

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Website
Other

Commonwealth of Antarctica: Classroom Antarctica

For Students 3rd - 8th
The focus of this site is Antarctica. Designed for fifth- through eighth-grade students, this site contains detailed lesson plans, learning activities, digital images, and links to related resources.
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Activity
Tramline

Tramline: Antarctica Field Trip

For Students 9th - 10th
"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...
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Website
Other

Antarctica Online: Life in Antarctica

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains the history of the U.S. Antarctic Program and describes each of the three stations operated by the United States, of which McMurdo Station is the largest. Following that is a description of how seasons are experienced in the...
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Website
Other

Passport to Knowledge: Passport to Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit Antarctica, the most remote continent, through this site that covers the climate, animals, geography, and first-person accounts from visitors in the 1990s.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: Antarctica

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn some amazing facts about the coolest place on Earth, Antarctica. Explore a map and geography, science, animals, explorers, jokes, and more. Also contains a quiz to take.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Massive Ice Shelf Is Poised to Break Off of Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Uh oh! A fast-growing crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf could soon release a truly huge hunk of ice into the ocean.
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Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: About Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise article highlighting the environment of the last continent, Antarctica.
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Website
British Antarctic Survey

British Antarctic Survey: About Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site of the British Antarctic Survey, this page offers info. on various aspects of Antarctica's physical geography, as well as wildlife, weather & other related topics.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Antarctica Warms, Which Threatens Penguins

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the threat of climate change in the Antarctica to emperor penguins by affecting the ice sheets where penguin breeding grounds are located.
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PPT
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Cruising to Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR presents a pictorial essay on Antarctica and discusses why tourism is on the rise.
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Graphic
Other

One World Magazine: Antarctica: Terra Incognita

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit through which you can learn about Antarctica's explorers, the characteristics of the continent, and the peril faced by Antarctica's environment and ecosystems.
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Handout
National Geographic

National Geographic: Crittercam Chronicles: Antarctica

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play a game where you explore three scenes in Antarctica and find different types of animals: south polar skua, crabeater seal, emperor penguin, ice fish, leopard seal, killer whale, krill, adelie penguin, and weddell seal. After you...
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Website
University of Chicago

Cara Virtual Tour: Welcome to Antarctica!

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica takes you on a tour of New Zealand, McMurdo Station, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station, all part of a virtual tour of Antarctica. Lots of pictures and a relaxed style...
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Website
Other

Royal Geographical Society: Discovering Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource-rich website will help students understand the challenges that Antarctica faces, the history of its exploration and the relationship between Antarctica and the rest of the world. Activities reveal insights about how it feels to...
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Website
Ohio State University

Echoes in the Ice: Exploration and Science in Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
A website about Richard E. Byrd, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, and Sir Hubert Wilkins and Antarctica exploration.
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: About Antarctica: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of why Antarctica has fossils of ferns, amphibians, and reptiles. Gondwanaland is discussed and shown in an interactive map.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: World Geog: Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
World Geography learning module explores the unique characteristics of Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Antarctica.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Lewis Pugh Swims Antarctica's Icy Ross Sea

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article reports on activist Lewis Pugh's daring swims across the Ross Sea to bring awareness to the need for a marine protection area in the pristine region. Includes video.

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