View the Power Point Presentations before you complete any of the tasks. Read through the 11 tasks below and choose only one to complete.  Several of these tasks are from the National Educational Technology Standards for Students Publication from I.S.T.E. & U.S. Dept. of Ed.  It is now time to travel to end of the Earth!  

Resources and  Process

Create a timeline to communiciate historical information about the settlement of Antarctica, its culture, and changes in the environment.  What is the Antarctic Treaty?

Antarctic Timeline

Antarctic Treaty

You are a travel agent and its your job to create a travel brochure for the continent of Antarctica.  Use Microsoft Word or Publisher to create this brochure. Be sure to include any vital statistics that the traveler would want to know.

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Antarctic Vital Statistics

Origins Antarctica  http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/antarctica/index.html

Locate the research stations in Antarctica by going to the 

Scientific Community on Antarctica Research (SCAR)

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Use a map with longitude and latitude lines to locate the sites.  Contact a research station for a current data set on their project.  Use a spreadsheet program such as Excel to form generalizations. 

Who were the early explorers that endured such an extreme and figid frontier? Visit the link below to find out about the history of Antarctica and those famous for its exploration. Use books, articles, web sites to research one of Antarctica's explorers.  Use Microsoft Word to create a journal that a selected explorer might have written.

History of Antarctica Explorers

Antarctica Connection - Explorers

Antarctic Explorers

Use the internet to access and record daily weather statistics from Antarctica.  Create a graph using Excel comparing weather statistics from student's home towns.  Identify specific instruments that would be necessary to collect similiar data in these cities.  Create a digital weather broadcast that reports and compares the data.  Video the broadcast.

Understanding Antarctica's Weather

Weather - Antarctica

Virtual Antarctica Field Trip

Polar Regions Weather & Climate

Plan a one-month trip to Antarctica, including all the materials and food necessary.  Use Excel to design a budget.  Include information on the need for physical conditioning.

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Use the internet to investigate animals in Antarctica.  Use Microsoft Word to write a description of a genetically altered animal superbly adapted to Antarctica.  Use Power Point to present information and pictures of the animal. Provide interactive explanations of the environmental adaptations.

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Virtual Antarctic Field Trip

Use the internet to investigate the ozone layer in Antarctica.  Compare the Antarctic ozone layer to the ozone layer where you live.  Create a graph using Excel to show the comparison or build a model 3-D using software. Make predictions about the future of the ozone layer.  Use video, Power Point, Hyperstudio, to design a public service announcement on ozone, comparing local and Antarctic values.

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Create a Web-page field guide to animals in the Antarctic food web.  Include penguin, pinnipeds (seals), cetaceans (whales & dolphins), crusteaceans (krill), fish and birds.

Virtual Antarctic Field Trip

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Study Mt. Erebus.  Create a multimedia presentation about this volcano.  Include its type, and structure, its importance in polar plate tectonics, the threat it presents to the health of the ecosystem, toxic gas emissions (provide a graph) and seismic activities.

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Mount Erebus Volcanic Observatory

Antarctica 2A

Track the US Coast Guard ships The Polar Star and The Polar Sea on a map using coordinate graphing.  Communicate with these ships using e-mail to get details on one of their missions.  Use Power Point to create an animated presentation of their journey.

USCG Polar Sea

Polar Star

What were scientists researching with this huge balloon and solar panels?

Use Microsoft Word to create a feature article on the Flare Genesis Experiment.

The Flare Genesis Project

Learning Advice

It is now time to thaw out and complete your  chosen task on Antarctica.