12-14-2011 Antarctica, Ecology, Ice, Snow, and Poetry

On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen is the first man to reach the South Pole.

Articles and Pictures:

• 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.

1. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/hillary-clinton-urges-tougher-controls-on-south-pole-tourists-1667533.html
2. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/
3. http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2008/0110/p14s01-sten.html
4. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=1678441&page=1#.TuJIOLJCo8k
5. http://www.livescience.com/16548-antarctic-ozone-hole-5th-largest-record.html
6. http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/is-global-warming-melting-antarcticas-ice-1193/
7. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/whys_there_more_ice_at_the_sou.html
8. 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:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4540885_create-winter-poetry-unit-classroom.html

• 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/

Make Your Own Snowflake Online

Other Lessons:

1. http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/winter/
2. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/search_ice_snow/ski.1.homepage.html
3. http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/southpole.edu/flaky.html

9-28 to 10-5 Latest News, Updates, and Cool Finds

Science and Math Resources:

http://thinkingblocks.com/index.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/section.cfm?id=slideshow
Fact practice – student first names only - https://www.xtramath.org/
http://www.tenmarks.com/tmother/teacher-index - Math practice
http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ - Download Geogebra for use on your whiteboard.
http://www.geogebratube.org/ - videos

Language Arts and Social Studies:

http://www.phatpoetry.com.au/
Political Cartoons - http://cybraryman.com/politicalcartoons.html
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/11/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-worlds-different-cultures/

Amazing Map Sites

http://www.animaps.com/#!home
http://www.weavinghistory.org/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/interactive-map/
http://tripline.net/
http://www.buildamap.com/ - beta
http://scribblemaps.com
http://quikmaps.com/ - doodle on Google
http://www.umapper.com/
http://www.mapfaire.com/
http://www.geotrio.com/ - create tours

Related Arts:

Art and World Language - http://littlebirdtales.com/
http://www.pronunciator.com/ - 60 languages. 3 million lessons. 100% free. The world's largest language-learning service.
Art Images - http://arthist.umn.edu/aict/

Teacher Resources: All areas -

http://www.studyladder.com/teacher/start
http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/copyrightandfairuse.cfm
http://primaryschoolict.com/images.php?ie=UTF-8&filter=1&q=great+white+shark&safe=vss&imgtype=clipart&sa=+Safe+Search

Cool Techie Tools:

Caffein instant video chat room - http://www.caffein.tv/
Magisto – mash video clips - http://www.magisto.com/
PhotoCollect - http://photocollect.net/
Drop Event - http://dropevent.com/
Slide Staxx – limited slide show for pictures, video, and URLs, online content only -