Antarctica/Exploration ICEBLOCK/Teachers Backpack

Relevant SCHOOL JOURNAL ARTICLES

Title	Author	Type/GRL	Reference
Making lakes and making quakes The big chill and the big drill 1907: What's in the news? Frozen Food Voyage to the cold south How cold is cold? Snow houses Southern quest Pt1 Time Capsule in the Antarctic Voyage to the cold south Seabird of Antarctica	ALCHIN, Rupert ALCHIN, Rupert GIBBISON, Sue WERRY, Philippa SENDALL, Emily HUDSON, Rose WESTERSKOV, Kim BRONI, Stephen WESTERSKOV, Kim SENDALL, Emily POSA, Chris	Article Article Article / 10-12 Article / 11-13 Article / 9-10 Article / 8.5-9.5 Article / 8.5-9.5 Article / 11-13 Article / 8-9 Article / 9-10 Poem	2008 CN No12 2008 CN No12 2007 Pt4 No2 2006 Pt4 No1 1994 Pt1 No2 1991 Pt3 No1 Pg57-64 1988 Pt1 No4 Pg24-26 1990 Pt4 No1 Pg2-8 1991 Pt1 No3 Pg6-9 1994 Pt1 No2 Pg10-19 1992 YPW Pg28-29

Tip: Check out this great collection of Student Activities and Teacher Resources to use in Exploring Icy Ecosystems. Some of these will also be linked throughout relevant pages of Exploration ICEBLOCK.

EXPERIMENTS

Get your children hooked on exploring with these easy experiments. Try the approach of PREDICT then EXPLAIN (before carrying out the experiment) and OBSERVE then EXPLAIN (during the experiment). Have some fun

• Experiments with ICE. Discover the intriguing nature of ice.

• Experiments with SALTY and FRESH WATER. Fresh water from glacial and land ice melt runs into the sea creating interesting ocean dynamics. Try these experiments to explore what happens when fresh and salt water meet.

• Book Resources:

1. Excellent Experiments with ice are in the MOE Building Science Concepts books: Book 58 ICE, Book 31 WATER & WEATHER Page 8, Book 15 WHERE'S THE WATER? Page 15
2. Good Book for water and ice experiments especially with younger children:"Water" by Brenda Walpole, Kingfisher Books, 1987

ACTIVITIES

Tip: Be sure to show children the online activities for them to explore that are below the Introduction to Exploration ICEBLOCK on the first page.

Activity

Produce a Pantoum - A whole class poetry activity about Antarctica. Origninating in Malaysia, the pantoum is a poem consisting of 12 repeated lines. Use this as a processing activity, or as a summative activity at the end of a unit. Adaptable for all ages. This English based activity incorporates all levels of Expressive Writing and Poetic Writing objectives of Written Language. Pantoum learning activity sequence Warrington School Room2's example

Activity

Antarctic Animal Adaptations A fish has many useful adaptations for living in its ocean environment. Antarctic fish have an interesting extra adaptation! Try this hilarious Dress a Fish Activity to creatively illustrate these adaptations in a memorable way. Here's a great activity idea incorporating reading and writing, which enables children to learn about More Antarctic Animal Adaptationsand use these ideas to design their own unique animal.

Activity

Coastal Food Pyramid Activity gives a kinesthetic learning experience of the interconnectedness of food chains. Adaptable for all ages. Instructions for the Teacher Food Chain Cards