Fifth graders analyze photographs in order to write descriptively.  In this descriptive writing lesson, 5th graders use the Internet to research and view photographs of the arctic.  Students use descriptive language to write...

A short informative text shares details about the Arctic Fox. Scholars read or listen to the text then answer 10 multiple-choice questions.

Students will explore the animals and people living in the Arctic. In this science instructional activity, students locate Alaska on a globe, discuss its climate and geographical features, and identify common arctic animals. Students...

Students, in groups, study life in the Arctic Region and connect their own life experiences to the experiences of students in the Arctic.

While you'll have to create an assignment sheet for a research project focusing on the arctic, you could use this sheet when it comes time to write the final draft. The title is already printed, and there's a cute penguin in the bottom...

In this metaphor activity, students are given a series of 5 questions to answer. This will lead them to write a metaphor on an Arctic theme.

For this Arctic Polar region report planner, 2nd graders will consider 3 things they would like to learn about the region and the resources they plan to use. They will record what they already know, want to know and have learned in a KWL...

Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore how insulation works to keep in body heat.

Students research arctic climates. In this Web-quest investigation, students will identify Arctic climate changes, explain the effects of these changes, relate the changes to other regions, and write their findings in a letter format.

Let's have a little fun! Readers take a mid-unit assessment by answering text-dependent and short-answer questions using the text Arctic Fun. They then complete a form to track their progress in the unit thus far.

In this Arctic animals learning exercise, students use the information from an informational text about Arctic adaptations. Students answer 4 questions using the text.

In this literature and math instructional activity, students complete a ten question multiple choice word problem quiz. This math activity is related to the book In Arctic Waters.

In this planning learning exercise, students indicate which arctic animal they would like to investigate and write 5 questions about the animal that they would like to find answers to.

Students create a mobile. In this food chain lesson, students create a mobile depicting the transfer of energy in the Arctic.

In this Arctic region geography learning exercise, students examine a map of the Arctic and color it. The latitude and longitude lines are shown as well as the labeled countries and oceans. The map shows an overhead view looking down on...

In this reading comprehension and following directions instructional activity, students read facts about Arctic waters, the Inuit, Arctic animal adaptations, polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhal, Beluga whales and create a mix-and-match...

Students study the Arctic North. In this Canada history lesson, small groups of students research and then teach the class about either the plants, animals, humans, or geography in relation to the Arctic North. Students make their own...

In this word search puzzle activity students find 16 words. All pertain to animal life in the Arctic region. There is a word bank for this whale shaped puzzle.

In this animal adaptations worksheet, students respond to the facts presented in the Magic Tree House book Polar Bears and the Arctic. Students cut out cards with animal adaptations. Students cut out Arctic animal picture cards and...

Students present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...

Students research and prepare an almanac on the Arctic. They examine the laws that attempt to provide jurisdiction over this area and consider how these laws be affected if geography of the Arctic continues to change due to global warming.

In this debunking myths learning exercise, students, after reading Polar Bears and the Arctic, explain five science myths in their own words in complete sentence.

In this mazes activity, students determine the most efficient path in a pyramid maze to help an Arctic fox find the lemming burrowed under the snow.

Explore animal habitats and reinforce speaking, listening, reading comprehension, and writing skills with a unit that focuses on the Arctic, desert, ocean, prairie, and rainforest. Enthusiastic scientists read informational text to...