Tortilla
Map: A Hands-On Look at Antartica
Measuring
Ice Cores
UV
Lesson
Weather
Watch
Frozen
in Time: Ice Cores
Katabatic
Winds
Activity
Ideas: Glacier Flow, Sea level rise and Ocean Circulation
Land
of the Midnight Sun
The
Characteristics of Glaciers on the Move
Lesson Plans from Teachers Experiencing Antarctica
Getting
to the Core of Climate Change
What's
Under There
Under
the Ice: Imaging Glacier Bases with Sound
Fluffy Snow to Glacier Ice
The
Shape of the Ice: Using Maps to Learn About Antarctic Topography
Ice Core Secrets
Polar Chains and Webs
Nutrition Expedition An Investigation of Nutritional Requirements under Extreme Conditions
Today's Forecast Graphing Temperature Data
Global Scales An Investigation of Barometric Pressure and Gravitational Pull: Does It Influence Body Weight?
Ozone and Temperature Data Analysis, South Pole Antarctica
Wind Chill!
Physics of Antarctic Snow Domes
Chillin' Out with Freezing Point Depression The Science
of Making Ice Cream
For more lessons from the Teachers Experiencing Anrarctic and the Arctic visit: http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_classroommaterials.html
Other Points of Interest:
"Mountain of Ice", NOVA on PBS. Teacher's activity guide available.
Listen to a web broadcast by Betsy Youngman, from McMurdo Station, January 9, 2003 . TEALive Broadcast Archive -(Real Player software is needed. Instructions and download links.html are on the page.)
The American Museum Of Natural History "Antarctica: The Farthest Place Close To Home". Investigate the extreme environment of this polar continent and its value to scientists worldwide. Students formulate and ask questions, conduct investigations, think critically about images and data, and draw reasoned conclusions.