antarctica

Antarctica

Many people confuse the Arctic and the Antarctic regions. The Arctic, is an ocean surrounded by landmasses. By contrast,the Antarctic,where the South Pole is found, is a continent surrounded by oceans.


	General Sites		Webquests and Interactive Activities
	The Glacier Website		A Month In Antarctica - webquest
	The Australian Antarctic Expedition		The Continent of Wonder Webquest
	Enchanted Learning site		Antarctic Clickable work sheet
	Australian Antarctic - an online magazine dealing with current issues and an accessible archive of previous issues		Polar Regions Webquest designed by Mrs. O'Grady(only accessible from intranet site)
	The Big Chill a wonderful comprehensive child friendly site by Sunshine Books leading to lots of activities and accessible information		Classroom Antarctica - classroom resources and activities for both children and teachers
	Antarctica New Zealand is the body responsible for administering NZ's activities in Antarctica. Antarctica Information Sheets FAQ's about Antarctica
	Ten Facts - Antarctic topics page from the Australian Antarctic Division.
	School Resources - Stage 3 HSIE Teaching Unit from the New Zealand Antarctic Institute
	Wired Antarctica includes a list of frequently asked questions answered by scientists living in Antarctica and some wonderful photographs
	yahooligans links to antractica


	Antarctic Geography		Environment
	Map and geographic Location		Biodiversity- human impact on the earth
	Facts about Antarctica		Why do scientists study in Antarctic Life at the Research Stations Life at Mawson Station
	The World Factbook 2001. follow antarctica		weather conditions
	Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. (CLICK ON WORLD MAPS) Physical and Political maps of the antarctic region. Not under countries because antarctica is not a country an antarctic outline and facts with option to print Super map of antarctica with territorial claims		United States Environmental Protection Agency Sites: the role of a scientist greenhouse gases disastrous effects of global warming environmental stewardship take a quiz separation of wastes a greenhouse diagram Effects of global warming on animals


	History		Animal Life
	The Madrid Protocol		banning huskies Why were huskies banned from the Antarctic region ?
	The Antarctic Treaty The Treaty		Copyright free images of animals
	Antarctic Protocols		The importance of krill to the food chain
	An online encyclopedia- Antarctica -click on link to history of exploration		An antarctic food web
	The Madrid Protocol		Hunting Whale
	famous explorers Enchanted Learning child friendly site		Birds
	Antarctic Explorers		Seals
	You wouldn't want to be an explorer - Shackleton		17 species of penguin antarctic penguins
			endangered animals
			Whales

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Compiled by Susan O'Grady
Last modified July 4, 2003