Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Exploring Ecosystems
Compare and contrast three very different ecosystems - the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Florida Everglades, and the Arctic Coastal Plain in Alaska. Learn what makes each of them unique, and about the adaptations plants and animals had...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Arctic People
An arcticle featuring historical data discovered about the people who inhabited the Arctic.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: About the Arctic
A brief article featuring the details that make up the Arctic region.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Re Creating the Arctic
Studying sea ice in the Arctic region is very difficult. Read how scientists are using an innovative technique of freezing seawater in a pool to study sea ice.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Arctic Ocean
A wealth of facts is presented in this article on the Arctic Ocean. Content covered includes the area, natural resources, climate, terrain and much more.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Animals
Explore this comprehensive resource on the birds and mammals of the tundra. This resource features information such as diet, class, order, size, habitat, conservation range and the like.
abcteach
Abcteach: Habitats and Biomes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Find a variety of activities for children to do as they learn to identify varying habitats and biomes. Included are links to an even more extensive list of resources under coral reef, desert, grassland,...
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: As if Some Little Arctic Flower
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "As If Some Little Arctic Flower", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Midnight Sun and Northern Lights [Pdf]
This magazine article discusses the arctic where in the summer, the sun shines all day and night, but the winter is dark all day and night. It also explains the Northern Lights or aurora which is like a light show with beautiful pinks...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Arctic
Information on the climate, permafrost, vegetation, wildlife, environmental concerns, and ocean in the Arctic Region of the world.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What's Below the Tip of the Iceberg?
It's a well-known fact that the majority of an iceberg lies below the surface- but just as stealthily hidden are their fascinating qualities. Camille Seaman gives homage to these icy isles. [4:51]
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Ice
Water water everywhere. There are many types of ice found surrounding the poles of the earth. Get details on the varieties of ice studied by polar scientists.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice by Victor Appleton
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, an adventure multi-chapter book written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main character competes...
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Peary at the North Pole, 1909
The resource investigates the quest for the North Pole in 1909. Students listen to Robert E. Peary discuss planting the American flag at the North Pole.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 1: Exploring the Arctic
This activity introduces young scholars to the Arctic, including different definitions of the Arctic and exploration of the Arctic environment and Arctic people. Students set out on a virtual exploration of the geography of the Arctic...
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Wild Places: Arctic
An overview of the ecological state of arctic environments, plant, and animals.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Life in the Arctic Tundra
Can you imagine what life is like in the Arctic Tundra? You can find out when you depart on your adventure to this frozen paradise. This resource provides several activities, lessons, experiments, and more.
Read Works
Read Works: Arctic Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about animals that live in the Arctic. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: The Heat Is On
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives information about global warming and its threat to the polar bears in the Arctic. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: 9 12 Teacher Resources
A plethora of resources, science teachers can utilize this education center for academically aligned lesson plans and video clips for middle and high school students.
Read Works
Read Works: A Polar Bear Grows Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage gives a brief explanatin of the life cycle of the polar bear. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Snowy Owl
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Snowy Owl that also includes a picture and an extensive quote from the 19th Century naturalist Edward Nelson.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Polar Bears
Learn more about the polar bear when you visit this informative site that features a diagram of the polar bear and information on its diet, habitat, anatomy, reproduction and so on.