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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the importance of krill to the Antarctic ecosystem by researching the animals that depend on it and drawing a food web. They conclude by writing paragraphs explaining the potential consequences of a decline in krill populations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate various expeditions throughout history to new and/or uncharted territories. They work in groups to develop and 'produce' television news magazine segments about some of these historic expeditions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the physical changes of freezing water. They locate the continent of Antarctica. They finally describe the characteristics of someone who volunteers. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students perform research on the Internet or use other materials on the variety of penguins found in Antarctica and write characteristics of each penguin. They, in groups, utilize a worksheeet imbedded in this plan. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students review their knowledge of the food groups and their benefits. They make comparison flash cards with different foods and their benefits, sharing them in creative ways. Finally, they work in groups to solved case studies related to health. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students study and chart the levels of the atmosphere. They determine volume and location of the whole in the ozone layer by problem solving and drawing Antarctica. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students explore the three different types of heat transfer and gain how this affects both scientists and animals that inhabit Polar regions. They complete two labs about how heat transfers. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students investigate the different types of life found in Antarctica. They conduct research to find different types of information about various organisms. Students classify them according to type and discuss their place in the food web. They construct a detailed food web of the organisms that live in Antarctica. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine how penguins adapt to their Antarctic environment. Once they locate Antarctica on a map, they describe its characteristics and differences from other continents. After describing how penguins differ from more familiar birds, they design self-addressed, stamped postcards about penguins and mail them to Antarctica. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students maintain a field journal as they follow penguin parents raising their chicks during the breeding season. They formulate testable questions. Students reflect on animal behavior in the field related to survival and chick rearing. Full Review »
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