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Antarctica Teacher Resources
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Students explore Antarctica. In this geography skills lesson, students examine maps and globes to locate the continent. Students view a PowerPoint presentation and play a game regarding Antarctica. Students also compose penguin poems.
In this geography worksheet, students read about the history and development of Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. Students take notes and answer 5 short answer comprehension questions as they read the selection.
Sixth graders use information in the anticipatory set to get them ready to write their paper about living in 1914 on an expedition with sailors and scientists to be the first to walk across the continent of Antarctica. They listen to a book on tape, read aloud, and do some mapping, and some reading and writing activities.
Is Antarctica a desert? This set of yes or no questions is intended to help learners understand multiple aspects of the continent of Antarctica. This could be used before or after a lesson on the topic, or as a pre-test review. Each slide contains both sound and rich images. The presentation is well done.
In these reading skills worksheets, students study the map of Antarctica and use it to answer the 4 questions. Students then use the 'Thin Ice' story to help them complete the 4 sentences.
Young scholars apply the three different types of journal writing by composing one of each type on the subject of Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica. They also write a dialectical journal summarizing the facts of the expedition and analyzing the ways in which the film presents the expedition.
Students study the work done by various scientists on Antarctica. In this biology instructional activity, students play the role of researchers who must justify the importance of their study. They create a multimedia presentation about a specific issue that impacts Adelie penguins.
Students access several Antarctica-related resources on the Internet. They research life in Antarctica along with climate, explorers, animals, geographic features and expeditions.
In this geography worksheet, students analyze 16 words in a word bank that pertain to Antarctica. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
First graders explore Antarctica. in this continent lesson, 1st graders review vocabulary pertaining to Antarctica. They listen to stories and create an iceberg.