Antarctica

﻿ANTARCTICA ﻿﻿Here are some interesting websites Classroom Antarctica  Enchanted Learning   Discovering Antarctica   Virtual Antarctica   [|Discovery of Antarctica]   Antarctic Connection   Cool Antarctica

This will be the research for Term 2. It is a Blooms matrix so you will be familiar with how it works. Open the Word document that describes how the tasks will work this term. [|Blooms Antarctica description.doc]

__[|Antarctica Research Matrix - Blooms Taxonomy.doc]__

__ Week 1 __

Answer these questions using the websites and write your answers on your personal page. Don't forget to mark the activity checklist page 1. How warm does it get in Summer? 2. How cold does it get? 3. Who discovered Antarctica and when was it discovered?

__Talking & Listening__ Term 2 Op en the Word file below and decide on an aspect of Antarctica to research and present in either Week 6, 7 or 8.

[|T & L T2 2011.docm]

[|Talking & Listening rubric assessment criteria.doc]

__ Week 3 __

1. Why do people go there? 2. Are there any volcanoes? How many? Where are they? 3. How many species of animals are there? Which are on land or from the sea?

__ Week 5 __ 1. Most common species of penguin? 2. How was Antarctica formed? 3. How big is Antarctica? What is its area?