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Antarctica KWL

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Antarctica worksheet, students use this form before they begin to learn about this continent. Students record what they know, what they don't know, and what they want to learn about Antarctica.
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Compare the Arctic with Antarctica Venn Diagram

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students compare and contrast the Arctic with Antarctica. They place the things that are different about the two geographic regions in the outer areas of the circles and the things that are similar in the...
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Map of Antarctica

For Teachers 3rd
For this map worksheet, 3rd graders will study a map of Antarctica. Students will use this map to label and/or familiarize themselves with various aspects of the continent.
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Staying Warm in Antarctica!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Has your class ever wondered how animals and scientists stay warm in the Polar Regions? Kids will investigate to understand the three types of heat transfer and how heat transfer affects those trying to stay toasty in sub-zero...
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Antarctica

For Students 3rd
In this map worksheet, 3rd graders explore a map of the continent of Antarctica. Students will color and label the map of the continent.
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The Coldest Place at the Bottom of the World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research and trace Shackleton's actual and intended route on an area map. They analyze the altitude changes involved in a trek across Antarctica and complete a worksheet comparing Antarctica to their own state.
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Getting to the Core of Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate climate changes by graphing and analyzing ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica. They create, explain and report the pattern of data on a graph of ice core data. In addition they find relationships between the...
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Where in the World Is Our Teacher?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Kirk Beckendorf, a middle school teacher, joined researchers at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica to help maintain automatic weather stations. The lesson encourages pupils to track his travels around the region. They connect with the...
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Frozen Fish? Unique Adaptations of Antarctic Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Some fish contain proteins that act like antifreeze in order for them to live in the frigid waters of Antarctica! High schoolers determine how much antifreeze a fish needs to lower its body temp to -2.5 degrees. Teachers act as a...
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Ticky Plans His Trip to Antarctica to See Tacky

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a creative problem solving activity to help Ticky get to the Atlantic Ocean. They identify Ticky's problem, brainstorm ways to solve the problem, and develop a plan. They write the steps Ticky needs to take...
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Mission Survival

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine ways to survive the extreme conditions of Antarctica. In this space and earth sciences lesson, students work as a group to determine how to survive after a plane crash in Antarctica. They relate survival...
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Antarctica I

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explore exploring and expiditions then simlate their own on campus. They divide into small "expedition groups." Have each team report back to the class about their expeditions, using written, oral, or videotaped...
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Ticky Plans His Trip to Antarctica to See Tacky

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in creative problem solving activity to get from Utah to the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Cultural Geography of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use information from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Web site to explore multiculturalism and immigration in Australia. They create graphs and charts from immigration data.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd: Live from Antarctica

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore Richard Evelyn Bird and his flights over Antarctica. They conduct an online journey of the Polar Duke to discover where to study penguins, seals, oceans, ice and Antarctica's ozone hole. They create their own Antarctic...
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Antarctica

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word scramble worksheet, students recognize words to complete the cryptogram. Students unscramble nine words to solve the riddle about Antarctica.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Antarctica is actually a desert. Using the novel study that explores Mr. Popper's Penguins, pupils find four of their own interesting facts about the amazing continent. They also practice putting words in alphabetical order and answer...
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Antarctica Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this geography instructional activity, students analyze 16 words in a word bank that pertain to Antarctica. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
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Antarctica Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students visit an interactive web page. In this food chain lesson, students visit an interactive web page displaying an example of the food chain in Antarctica. As students move their mouse over the images, captions appear describing the...
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Antarctica

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with Antarctica, the Earth's southernmost continent, by researching its environment and inhabitants. They reference maps, conduct Internet research, identify animals, create graphs and write reports.
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It Came from Outer Space! The AA Meteorite Connection

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils discover why Antarctica is the most fruitful place on earth for locating meteorites. They work in groups. Students are given a Museum or University Name for each group. They are explained that each group is allowed to comb the...
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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners research the exploration of Antarctica by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackelton. In this Antarctic exploration lesson, students watch a movie about Sir Ernest Shackelton and his ship the Endurance. Learners study a map of...
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Antarctica

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars explore why Antarctica is so important to the planet. They investigate the physical characteristics. Students create their own unique treaty of governance for Antarctica and discuss how laws are enforced in Antarctica.
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A Day in a Life of an Arctic/Antarctic Animal

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students, through video segments, explore what types of animals live in the Arctic and Antarctica. They also clear up any misconceptions they have about penguins or polar bears.

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