Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Polar Sea Ice
Polar sea ice, its seasonal variability, and the impact of a changing climate are investigated in this activity. Students will also explore the differences between polar regions that result from Antarctica being a continent and the north...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Penguin Communities Shift on the Antarctic Peninsula
This multi-lesson activity investigates the shifting of three penguin communities in Antarctica in response to climate change.
National Snow and Ice Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center: Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves
View satellite pictures of 19 different areas of the ice shelves surrounding Antarctica. Each picture is labeled and can be viewed in the thermal or visible parts of the spectrum.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Penguins of the Antarctic Penguins: Sensitive Indicators
Explore current scientific research on the impact that climate changes are having on the penguins of Antarctica. Gather information regarding penguins, and write a story from a penguin's point of view that describes its daily life.
Read Works
Read Works: Ice Picks
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a telescope called IceCube that is buried under the ice in Antarctica. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Getting to the Core of Climate Change
Young scholars investigate climate changes going back thousands of years by graphing and analyzing ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica. They use information about natural and human-caused changes in the atmosphere to formulate...
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Other
Antarctic Geological Drilling: What if the Ice Shelves Melted? [Pdf]
An activity guide where students build a model of Antarctica with its ice shelves. They use it to explore the impact of ice shelves melting in the Antarctic, and will discover that frozen ice shelves actually prevent ice further inland...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Antarctic Adventures!
This month-long ongoing lesson will give the students opportunities to learn more about Antarctica. They will investigate and research specific information and use it to create a notebook and an information table.
Other
U.s. Antarctic Program
This government site delves into the research of all aspects of the Antarctic region including its ecosystems, its impact on the climate, and aerospace.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Warming of the Polar Regions
While global average temperature has risen above the 1950-1980 average, our planet's polar regions are experiencing warming at a faster rate than other places.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Cold Deserts of the World
A chart summarizes the sizes, physical features, plant and animal life, and special facts of a selection of the world's cold deserts, including Antarctica, the Gobi, and the Great Basin Desert in the western United States.
British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey: The Antarctic Treaty Explained
A clear explanation of the Antarctic Treaty, a unique international agreement between scientists. Outlines the gist of the fourteen articles in the original agreement, signed in 1959 by twelve nations. Many more have signed on since. The...
British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey: The Antarctic Treaty (1959)
The text of the original Antarctic Treaty that was signed by twelve nations in 1959. It laid out the terms for regulating scientific research in the Antarctic.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change: Ice Cores and History of Climate Change
Article describing research done in the West Antarctica, where ice cores were removed to a depth of two miles, providing information on climate change over the last one hundred thousand years. (Date published: Feb. 2, 2011)
Other
Cambridge University: Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group: The Ozone Hole Tour
This resource gives information about the ozone hole over Antarctica. There are movies, virtual reality models, explanations and photographs. QuickTime plug-in optional.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Nova Zembla: Why Do We Need Plants?
This module explores how plants help animals survive. Bobby is a scientist on Antarctica. He discovers many amazing uses of plants. Join him and help him learn.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee
Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen. Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fisher Boat: Time & Mass: Months, Seasons and Mass
Lars in Antarctica needs help. Can you help him with all the months of the year and with mass?
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Mass & Capacity
Penny the Penguin owns a fashion store. Let's find out what people wear at Antarctica. Uses popups.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Husky Sled: 3 D Objects
Discover 2D shapes and 3D objects from different views in Antarctica!
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Fisher Boat: Subtraction and Groups
Frankie is fishing in Antarctica. Can you help him count how many fish he has caught?
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Husky Sled: Shape & Space: Position and Movement
Visit the huskies at Antarctica and find out more about the position and movement of objects.
University of Chicago
Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica: Don't Be Too Flaky
After reading some facts about the properties of water, students conduct experiments to measure the relative densities of water, ice and snow and submit the results to the website.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: World Atlas: The World
Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.
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