International Polar Year

Topic: Antarctica

Antarctica is a uniquely hostile and remote environment with no permanent residents. It is a place where scientists from all over the world work together. The International Polar Year (IPY) aims to raise awareness of both the Arctic and the Antarctic regions.

 Getting started:

• Teachers: please read "For the teacher".
• Create an entry about your team in the Introductions glossary.
• Click on your login name to update your group's profile with a brief description and an image relating to you or the group.
• Check out the links in the Research section (Section 1).
• Participate in as many activities as you can in Section 2.
• Write a blog posting about what you hope to get out of participating in this project.
• Look at the discussion topics in the General Forum and contribute some replies (Section 3).
• Add to the wiki (Section 4).

Research
While visiting these sites you may wish to make a mental note (or one in notepad or similar) what sort of information is available. (Sites sourced from edna).

Online Activities
The following sites have interactive web pages and activities for students.

Our Glossary and Wiki
Use the Glossary below to add your new entries. You can also add an image.
Use the Wiki to add an resources that you come across in your research.