On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen is the first man to reach the South Pole.
- The Expedition on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition
- Cool Antarctica - http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/roald%20amundsen.htm
- Race for the South Pole - http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/history/pole-race2.shtml
- Where None Have Gone Before - http://www.mnc.net/norway/Amundsen.htm
- The American Experience Article - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/peopleevents/pandeAMEX87.html
- South Pole.com - http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm
- South Pole for Kids - http://southpoleforkids.ca/kids-teachers/south-pole-facts/
- Antarctica Virtual Tour - http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/
- South Pole Station - http://www.southpolestation.com/index.html
Have a class debate about South Pole tourism, or on whether or not Antarctica is shrinking.
- http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hillary-clinton-urges-tougher-controls-on-south-pole-tourists-1667533.html
- http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2008/0110/p14s01-sten.html
- http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=1678441&page=1#.TuJIOLJCo8k
- http://www.livescience.com/16548-antarctic-ozone-hole-5th-largest-record.html
- http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/is-global-warming-melting-antarcticas-ice-1193/
- http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/whys_there_more_ice_at_the_sou.html
- http://www.explainthatstuff.com/globalwarmingforkids.html
- Find out the Pros and Cons of controversial issues -http://www.procon.org/
- Debate online with UFeud – http://www.ufeud.com/
- Create Debate is an online discussion community - http://www.createdebate.com/
- Heads Up - HeadsUp is a moderated, online space for under 18s to debate the political issues important to them. - http://www.headsup.org.uk/content/
- Post and respond without signing up but content may not be filtered - http://www.wedebate.it/
- Debate online using aMap, a tool that helps you map your arguement - http://www.amap.org.uk/create/
Animals:
- http://www.ehow.com/facts_5636029_kind-animals-found-south-pole_.html
- Penguins - http://www.penguinscience.com/classroom_home.php?gclid=CIilp5fM9awCFaMSNAodEGNQRg, http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/, http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west/proj/penguins/main.html, http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/emperor-penguin/, http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.aspx,
- Seals - http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/downey/project/seals.html, http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/Antarcseal.htm, http://www.travelthewholeworld.com/antarcticaseals.html, http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/seal.html, http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/antarctica/seals.htm
- Whales - http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/whale.html, http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/whales/food%20web.htm, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0605/features/whales.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxY4c5SeIs
- Birds - http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Birds.html, http://www.greglasley.net/antartix.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Antarctica, http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/bird.html
Ice, Snow, Winter Poetry:
- Frost: Fire and Ice - http://poemhunter.com/poem/fire-and-ice/
- Dust of Snow - http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/blfrostwinter.htm
- Mazur: Ice - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/26218
- Medcalf: Ice Magic - http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20020325/ice_magic.shtml
- Snow in the Trees - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23440.html
- Snow in the Air - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23544.html
- Snow in the Valleys - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23689.html
- Snow Fort - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23988.html
- The Snow Fairy - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/claude_mckay/poems/1775.html
- Snow Flakes - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/6132.html
- A Little Snow Was Here and There - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/6973.html
- Snow Day - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/billy_collins/poems/11285.html
- The Snow Man - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/wallace_stevens/poems/18032
- Now and Ice - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/quincy_troupe/poems/22440.html
- The Abominable Snowman - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/ogden_nash/poems/19623
- The Snowman in the Yard - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/joyce_kilmer/poems/17330
- Snow Flurries - http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/raymond_a__foss/poems/23370.html
- Poem Hunter Snow Poems - http://poemhunter.com/poems/snow/
Other Lessons:
Antarctica is truly best place. There are so many interesting place which most of the people didn't see before. It was really interesting to enjoy hot foods between stream and ice ocean.
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Do you have pictures from your trip? Post us a link, we would love to see them!
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