Student Video: Antarctica! Antarctic-o!

Learn about the coldest, driest, windiest continent in the world and the amazing creatures who live there.

CATEGORY:

Science

GRADE LEVEL:

Primary


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ACTIVITIES:

   Sort-and-Play for PreK-3

Little animal lovers can sort and classify animals by habitat, classification, attributes and more! Check out the fun hands-on sorting activities, sorting mats and worksheets.  https://www.fairypoppins.com/animal-sort-and-classify/  

  Salt Water Ice Experiment

How does the amount of ice affect the temperature of water? What impact, if any, does salt have on the temperature of ice water? For these fun science experiments, you'll need:

  • 2 drinking glasses
  • water
  • ice cubes
  • salt
  • thermometer

See complete instructions at  https://www.123homeschool4me.com/ice-salt-temperature-science-for-kids_28/

   Feel the Chill! 

Have students convert temperatures shown on the map from Centigrade to Fahrenheit.  Students can also use the data provided to create a graph depicting the average monthly temperature in various parts of Antarctica. https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica fact file/antarctica environment/vostok_south_pole_mcmurdo.php

CRAFT:

   Doodel Lou's Snow Goggles

The Inuit and Yupik people made goggles of wood, bone, walrus ivory or caribou anters to shield their eyes from the glaring sun. Make Doodle Lou's snow goggles and see how your vision changes on a bright snowy day! Click CRAFT tab to download PDF.