ANTARCTICA

While I make the best effort to ensure that these sites are safe and appropriate, PLEASE always check the site yourself before allowing your child on the sites. On occasion sites add new content that I or others may deem unsuitable. Also what some families consider acceptable may not align with the standards of your family, so please always view the websites to make your own judgements first.

LESSON PLANS

Crayola – Construct a twelve-sided paper globe to display the facts you learn.
(description taken from the crayola website)
http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/all-about-antarctica-lesson-plan/

Cool Antarctica – Probably better grades in middle-school and up
http://www.coolantarctica.com/schools/lesson_plans/antarctica

Homeschool Creations (blog) – they explain what they did when studying Antarctica and also have a GREAT little video clip of Aurora Australis on their page
http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2008/12/antarctica-week-2.html

Laboratory for Ecophysiological Cryobiology –Lesson plans are sorted by grade levels and subject
http://www.units.muohio.edu/cryolab/education/AntarcticLessons.htm

MAPS

MapCrusin.com – Free high resolution map of Antarctica for download
http://www.mapcruzin.com/free-world-maps/free-antarctic-map.htm

NationsOnline.org – a physical map of Antarctica
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/antarctica_map.htm

south-pole.com – Maps of Antarctica and Associated Expeditions
http://www.south-pole.com/map.htm

Worldatlas – Map and links for Antarctica
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/an.htm

ANIMALS / WILDLIFE

Enchanted Learning – some free stuff but some you have to have a membership for as well http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Antarctica/Animalprintouts.shtml

Oracle ThinkQuest – Learn more about Antarctic animals (older kids)
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215022/animals.htm

gdargaud.net  Antarctic Penguins – Great for older kids and their research, lots of photos and you can hear the vocals of penguins if your computer has a speaker
 ( be warned there are photos of penguins mating)
http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Penguins.html

FOR YOUNGER KIDS

First School – Letter I for icicle
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/i/icicle.htm

First School – Letter P for penguin
http://www.first-school.ws/THEME/animals/birds/penguin.htm

First School – Letter S for seal activities
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/s/seal.htm
First School – Letters N for Narwhal and W for Whale
http://www.first-school.ws/THEME/animals/wild/whale.htm

EDUCATIONAL GAMES

Ellen McHenery’s Basement Workshop –  Science in Antarctica, the download is at the bottom of the page
(a warning - it’s 61.21MB if you decide to download it)
http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/id149.html

ART / CRAFT

Ellen McHenery’s Basement Workshop –
Arctic Tern paper craft
http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/id111.html


PENGUIN ART / CRAFT

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learn_to_draw_penguin.pdf
File Size: 146 kb
File Type: pdf
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About.com, Family Crafts – Links to some fun easy penguin crafts
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/penguins/Penguin_Projects.htm

Arts and Crafts for kids – cute penguin craft
(with some info about the little birds)
http://www.artsandcraftskids.net/penguin-crafts/

DLTK’s – Easy penguin craft for younger kids
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/measypenguin.html

The Ramblings of a crazy Woman (blog) – A blog with a really cute penguin craft made out of egg cartons
http://jennwa.blogspot.com/2008/05/penguin-craft.html

LAPBOOKS

FREE LAPBOOKS

Childsplace – this is a Arctic / Antarctic lapbook download for smaller children
(please note that it’s not just for Antarctica)
 http://www.archjrc.com/childsplace/images/lapbooks/arctic_antarctic.pdf

Debbie’s Digest (blog) – sharing the links to where she got the resources for her sons Antarctic Lapbooks
http://debbiesdigest.blogspot.com/2008/10/penguin-antarctic-lapbook-and-final.html

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famous_people_lapbook_com.pdf
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File Type: pdf
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global_warming_black_and_white.pdf
File Size: 126 kb
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global_warming_colour.pdf
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NOT SO FREE
 LAPBOOKS / UNIT STUDIES

Currclick – Antarctic lesson plans, notebooks and lapbooks
http://www.currclick.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Antarctic