The focus of this site is Antarctica. Designed for fifth- through eighth-grade students, this site contains detailed lesson plans, learning activities, digital images, and links to related resources.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

In this lesson, students learn about objects in the universe, including constellations, planets, meteors, asteroids, and comets.

For this lesson, students learn about the five senses, identify objects that make sound, and take a fun fact quiz at the end.

Students learn about the parts of a cell and how they were first discovered. Includes a fun fact quiz at the end.

For this lesson, students learn about the specialization of cells to perform different functions, and how they are organized into tissues and organs in the human body.

Learn about the different levels of organization in living things, from cells to organisms.

Learn some amazing facts about the coolest place on Earth, Antarctica. Explore a map and geography, science, animals, explorers, jokes, and more. Also contains a quiz to take.

A website about Richard E. Byrd, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, and Sir Hubert Wilkins and Antarctica exploration.

This museum provides numerous online exhibits about everything from the science of sports to the Hubble Telescope. Each exhibit includes learning ideas, fun activities, articles, and learning games.

Follow Adelie Penguin families as they raise their chicks. Daily pictures (November through January) from the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica. are posted with data for students to keep a field journal. Inquiry classroom...

Latest headline scientific news of theworkbeing done in the Antarctic, and stories of the peopleliving there.

After learning why scientists go to Antarctica, students plan and go on an expedition of an "unexplored" territory themselves. Planning guide for the expedition is included.

ELL students - and all students - will find these resources about Antarctica interesting and informative. This site is enriched with maps, clipart, games, activities, vocabulary builders, lesson plans and art activities.

The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with the physical sciences. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.

A huge bluff of snow and ice in the Antarctica. [Photo]

This lesson explains how the moon affects tides on Earth and about the different types of tides.

For this lesson, students learn about the different types of weather and the factors that impact them, including air pressure, humidity, sun and wind.

In this lesson, students explore where sounds come from and the different sounds that animals make.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a telescope called IceCube that is buried under the ice in Antarctica. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This government site delves into the research of all aspects of the Antarctic region including its ecosystems, its impact on the climate, and aerospace.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What reptiles can you name? Snakes, alligators, and crocodiles are all reptiles. Modern reptiles live on every continent except Antarctica. They range in size from...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lizards and snakes belong to the largest order of reptiles, Squamata. Lizards are a large group of reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, living on every continent...

This online magazine for educators is geared to integrate inquiry-based science and literacy focused in the concentrated area of the arctic and antarctic.