An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.

Online companion to the PBS program "The Life of Birds." In-depth look at certain behaviors of birds, the evolution of birds, birds as parents, and bird songs.

Visit Antarctica, the most remote continent, through this site that covers the climate, animals, geography, and first-person accounts from visitors in the 1990s.

Want to know what the current weather conditions are in space? Find everything here you may want to know about the latest solar flares, sunspots, asteroids and more. Site also includes essential web links to quench any user's thirst for...

Multimedia-rich exhibition documents the race, in 1911, to be the first to reach the South Pole. Two teams undertook the perilous journey, one British, led by Robert Scott, and one Norwegian, led by Roald Amundsen. With digital dioramas,...

Discover the hidden treasures in the different habitats on the earth! The earth is filled with many biomes. Examples of different biomes are listed and include hyperlinks to additional information such as the animals found there.

The purpose of this activity is for students to learn how the Earth's systems interact on a global level. They will examine global environmental data and compare this to data on the polar regions. In the process, they will develop an...

BBC Wildfacts provides nature photography and a fact sheet about the Adelie penguin.

This multi-media site includes video and audio clips about the Emperor Penguin. A great site for research projects, fun facts, maps and more.

Information, activities and images of Antarctica including a number from Scott's expedition to the South Pole.

A resource featuring a select few penguin species living in the Antarctic Peninsula, particularly off of Ross Island. Discover the Adelie and the Emperor penguins who reside in this region.

In this lesson plan, young scholars will design experiments to gain some understanding of the feeding rates of Rotifers and/or Tardigrades. They will use organisms collected locally or provided by the teacher to explore differences...

Global warming is becoming a big concern. See how it might affect the shorelines if parts of the Antarctic ice sheet melt. Diagrams of the east coast, Florida, northern Europe and southeast Asia are available.

Famous for cartography and exploration of the Pacific and Antarctic, Planet Explorers provides a brief biography of Captain James Cook.

Use this site to learn about the effects of persistent organic pollutants on the ecology of Antarctic coastal waters. Information is presented for both teacher and student researcher.

Math activity challenges you to figure out how fast an Arctic tern can fly around the world. How long would it take to fly from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back?

Read and discover information on seal habitat, distribution, physical characteristics, and diet.

Did you know that penguins can survive for more than 100 days without food or water? Discover more educational facts about these fascinating birds when you explore this site.

What do you know about the world of penguins? This PBS site features information about these flightless birds. Come and check out this extraordinary resource.

Information about the Geographic South Pole. Explains how it is defined, the marker (which must be adjusted each year due to ice movements) that identifies its location, and 'other' South Poles, i.e., the Ceremonial South Pole and the...

Get an overview of Antarctica. Find out what invertebrates, flowering plants, lichens, and mosses are living in this primitive ecosystem.

Find out about the exciting life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, who helped to discover the North Pole along with Robert Peary. Click on a camera to view some great photos.

Learn about the work and research done in Antarctica's most arid regions know as the Dry Valleys.

For this lab activity, learners use brine shrimp as a substitute for krill to investigate how changes in environmental factors affect behavioral responses of krill in the unique environment of Antarctica.