Antarctica

1. http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/habitats/antarctica/

This site is particularly good for the students. It includes activity sheets and word games related to

Antarctic animals. It is a good site for future units as it includes other topics. The instructions are easy to follow and the site is colourful and interesting.

2. http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/

This site is very good. It includes easy to follow indexes and headings.
The information is clearly ordered and each animal listed includes a picture and information relating to it. I found this was easily the best site as it is easy for the students to use and also very interesting.
However, to use these activities you need to have Acrobat Reader to be able to see them.

3. http://ireland.iol.ie/south-aris/wild.htm

This site includes beautiful pictures and loads of information about the different wildlife. However, it may be too wordy and detailed for the students but you may find some useful information to use yourself.

4. http://www.antdiv.gov.au/classroom

This is actually the Antarctic Division web site so it is very factual and reliable. You need to have Acrobat reader to access the information. It describes the food chain in Antarctica in a visually interesting format.
However, it in slightly complicated to access so the students may need some help with this. This site also includes a teacher’s guide with some useful ideas for activities and relevant research material.

5. Here are some websites that may allow children to explore some of the things scientists are doing or have

done in the Antarctica. Includes Webquests.

http://www.casino-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/hsie/hsie.htm

6. Lots Of Links To All Kind Of Information

http://www.edna.edu.au/

7. Some Activities
http://literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/activities.html

8. Some Theme Topics On Antarctica

http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/habitats/antarctica/

Lots Of Material On Penguins
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/animals/penguins/

9. A huge List of resources
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/pathfinders/antarctica/index.htm

http://www3.eddept.wa.edu.au/searchresults.asp?ct=InternetFiles&q1=penguins

10. Some Activities

http://literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/activities.html

Antarctica - different sites

Antarctica - the wonderful Zoom School [Enchanted Learning]

Virtual Tour

CIA Factbook

Classroom Antarctica - http://classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/

http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/Antarctica.html - lesson plans

http://www.alstonville-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/hsie.htm

In the Steps of Mawson - Click enter and begin! Wow!

Australian Antarctic Division - All sorts of information - Wildlife, Webcams, current weather conditions, history.......

Classroom Antarctica

http://www.classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au

Resources http://www.classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/textversion/Resources_txt.html

Activities for children http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=5718 and
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=11489

Antarctica: Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole - Great Site!

Blue Ice - An Antarctica virtual field trip for yr 4 - 8

Terraquest - Learn about travel in Antarctica, read up on ecological issues, explore the environments and wildlife, and relive Antarctica's dramatic past.

Maps of Antarctica - Wonderful maps to view, print and interact with.

Virtual Antarctica - A rather interesting site straight from Antarctica

Penguins in Antarctica - Research Area for Reports

The North Pole by Robert E. Peary, 1909 - So who was the first person to the North Pole?

Shackleton's voyage

Antarctica on the Australian ABC

Some Ideas For an Antarctic Theme.

Cinquain poems about penguins

Make salt dough Antarctic creatures - seals, whales, penguins (Painted at a later date)

Make penguin pencil holders out of old tin, black and white card.

Paint life size penguins Gentoo /Adelie / Emperor/ Chinstrap

Draw prawns ( impersonating krill) from real life frozen examples- phew!

Play simple board game (4 players Amundsen ; Scott; Mawson and Shackleton) simulating a race to the South Pole, first to correctly answer 10 or so questions wins. Card sets photocopied with answers on back.

Make simple weather instruments (easiest ones to make?)or a pinwheel as a model wind turbine???

Draw Antarctic food chains. (or cut and paste activity) We have the Who's Eating Who brochures from the A.A.D.

Build a graph of penguin species numbers in Antarctica using MAB blocks (1000s and 100s)

Use clay and salt dough to make a cross section of Antarctica {Showing underlying land mass and ice } following a simplified diagram.

Using globe and Longitude and Latitude coordinates to locate places all over the world- say 10 famous capitals and their distance from Antarctica.

Treasure Hunt on the animals of Antarctica
http://www.lakemunmor-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/t_hunts/antarctica.htm

Printout http://www.lakemunmor-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/t_h_printouts/antarctic_life.htm

A fairly extensive collection of bibs and bobs located at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/index.htm , designed for just such occasions. For example, you will find a simple and practical wind vane at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/miniexp.htm

Edna Search
Using the search function of EDNA, http://www.edna.edu.au/discover/ there were 65 "hits" on the topic "Antarctica"

Some Activities
http://literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/activities.html

Explorer
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/

World Atlas
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/an.htm

Images and Information
http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/home/home.htm

Good information
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/Antarctic.htm

Outstanding Resource by a teacher
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/antarctica.htm

About Antarctica
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ a bit harder.

Excellent site for teachers with worksheets k - 4
http://ku-prism.org/resources/polar/animalslessons.html

Arctic and Antarctic links
http://arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/arctic.htm

*Antarctica - by a Teacher [SueL] http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/suel/antarctica/antarc.html
Also has links to Sir Douglas Mawson http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/suel/sirdoug/sirdoug.html

Tas Ed
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/delic/whatsnew/archive/2005/june/hotstuff.htm#Online_teaching

Polar Regions - A Theme

Virtual Antarctic http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/%7Ekpt/terraquest/va/

The New South Polar Times

South Pole Picture Gallery - Great pictures, but some take a while to download on Dialup connections.

Ideas and detail together - for Teachers - great site.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/antarctica.htm#Explorers

Wayne
Dec 2002
Update Jan 2006

* Pic. from coolantarctica.com.
Also, here and in the public domain on the web.