Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Me: Bowdoin (Arctic Exploration Schooner)
This schooner was purpose built for Arctic exploration in 1921, and is currently used as a training ship.
Curated OER
Detail of Ngs Map of Gates of the Arctic National Park
The Wilderness Act of 1964 celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2004. To mark this event, a reporter went to the wildest area in the U.S.: Gates of the Arctic National Park. Beautiful pictures are a graphic explanation of the Act.
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Valley in Gates of the Arctic National Park
The Wilderness Act of 1964 celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2004. To mark this event, a reporter went to the wildest area in the U.S.: Gates of the Arctic National Park. Beautiful pictures are a graphic explanation of the Act.
Curated OER
Arctic Wolf
Fascinating zoo site provides concise facts on the Arctic Wolf. Peruse this site, view pictures and discover more about its' diet, predators and threats, habitat and more.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Sub Arctic Map
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Sub-Arctic Map."
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Polar Bears
Listen to a roar (with RealPlayer) and learn about the lives of polar bears. [0:52]
Other
Canada and the Circumpolar World
This government resource has information about Canada's policies in the Arctic, and the activities it is involved in to protect and maintain sovereignty over the Canadian Arctic.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change
This short video explains how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the ecosystem and affecting the Athabaskan people, threatening their way of life. [2:59]
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Laysan Albatross
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Laysan Albatross that also includes a picture.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Common Loon
An abundance of facts, pictures, and sounds of the Arctic Tern can be found on this informative site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Taiga Animal Printouts
Colorful pictures of animals found in the taiga biome such as the arctic fox, bald eagle, gray wolf, and muskrat. Information is provided about each animal when clicked.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Instructor: Journey to the North Pole
Journey to the North Pole in which students and teachers can use this Cyber Hunt to locate new information about this arctic region.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Tufted Puffin
This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Tufted Puffin. It also includes pictures and an extensive quote from 19th Century naturalist Edward Nelson.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Tundra, Permafrost
An article exploring the depths of tundra and permafrost in the Arctic region.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: Climate Change
An article briefly addressing climate change and its effects in the Arctic region.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Polar Discovery: Compare the Poles: Ice
A comparison of the features of ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Looks at glaciers, icebergs, pack ice, and multi-year ice.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Question of the Day: Anwr Drilling Policy
Students will examine two policy positions regarding oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The students also determine their viewpoint on the issue and quantitatively analyze the cases for oil drilling in the ANWR...
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,...
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...
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