Polar Regions - Wk 4 - Day 10 - Arctic Review

Today we are going to be reviewing all that we have learned about the Arctic this past 2 weeks. Once again, I marvel at how fast these 2 weeks have flown by. When I first sat down with my mother-in-law to plan our units, I just knew that 2 weeks would be too long. Boy! was I wrong. There is so much to fit in to these units, I swear I could drag them on for months at a time. Unfortunately our time has came to finish up learning about the Arctic and next week we will be learning about Australia. Visit us next week as we dive into the land down under.

Here is a link list of all of our learning days about Antarctica and the Arctic. 

Polar Regions Unit 

                         Antarctic      Arctic    

                           Week 3      Week 4

                           Day 1         Day 6

                           Day 2         Day 7 

                           Day 3         Day 8 

                           Day 4         Day 9 

                           Day 5         Day 10 

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Polar Regions - wk 4 - Day 9 - Arctic Animals

Today we are going to be learning more about Arctic Animals. Hope the resources I share are helpful for you.

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Arctic Animals

Here is a teacher's guide about Arctic Animals I found at the Sea World website.

Polar Animals Lapbook

Arctic Animals Pictures

Live Polar Bear Camera 

at the Alaska Zoo

The Arctic and its Animals

Arctic Animal Science journal

Arctic Animals - Enchanted Learning

Polar Bear Emergent Reader

Fun Learning Toys for Studying the Arctic

Diego Arctic Animal ID Cards

Arctic Animal Bingo Cards

Where Arctic Animals Live

Google - Arctic Animals for Kids

Polar Regions - wk 4 - Day 8 - Latitude and Longitude & The Tundra

Today we focused more on the tundra and latitude and longitude.

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Tundra Resources

We learned today that the word tundra is believed to come from the Finnish word "tunturia"which refers to a treeless plain. We found that information HERE

I found a great video on the tundra, but

I was having trouble posting the video. Here is the link - 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b91MGt-Bg4

Kids Do Ecology - Tundra

Biomes - Tundra

I found this and thought it was pretty neat. Here is the link: http://www.glogster.com/eugene123/geography-tundra-biome/g-6le2lq386987qfc2sl543a0

The Tundra Biome

http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/tundra/tundra.html

Latitude and Longitude Resources

Here is a fun site to find the latitude and longitude of any place - itouchmap.com

We had fun finding the town we live in and discussing our findings.

Treasure Hunt - Latitude & Longitude Game

Latitude And Longitude Map Match Game

Interactive Map - Latitude and Longitude

Latitude & Longitude

Free Games & Activities

http://geography.mrdonn.org/powerpoints/latitude-longitude.html

Latitude and Longitude Worksheets

More Fun Websites on Latitude and Longitude

Polar Regions - Wk 4 - Day 7 - The Arctic - Salt Dough Map

Well, just as I was about to start my day, when my mother-in-law dropped by with her cool brand new Nikon camera. I'm kinda a geek when it comes to cameras, pictures, editing, and the such. I was ecstatic to check this new toy out, and that I did. I played with that darn thing, until it dawned on me, that I had probably better get the girls and myself started with our morning..ahem...afternoon at this point. 

We finally got around to starting our day and I'm pretty sure the girls had a ton of fun. We decided to make a salt dough map today.

Here is the site I visited to download the map flags and learn how to make the map. 

Arctic Region Salt Dough Map + Free Map Flag Printable

We did some lapbooking today and used the resources found HERE

We also learned a little about the Inuit today. That was interesting, and I will probably touch more on that subject later in the week. 

Who are the Inuit? Where do they live?

The Inuit are a tribe of American Indians which live all around the Arctic Circle, reaching from Alaska, across Canada, and over to Greenland. They originally made their home along the Alaskan coast, but migrated to other areas. Everything about the lives of the Inuit is influenced by the cold tundra climate in which they live.

The tundra was also pretty interesting to learn about. We will be touching more on this later in the week as well. 

Discover Inuit Art - pdf