Antarctica: The Farthest Place Close to Home

In this Special Collection of over 70 Web resources from the American Museum of Natural History and Rice University, you'll find: curriculum materials, hands-on and Web-based activities, interactives, interviews with and letters from Antarctic researchers, and explorer journals. Students investigate the extreme environment of this polar continent and its value to scientists worldwide by formulating and asking questions, conducting investigations, thinking critically about images and data, and drawing reasoned conclusions. Curriculum materials include a timeline, teacher strategies for implementing activities and readings in the classroom, suggestions for final projects in which students apply their new skills and knowledge, and National Science and Social Studies Standards correlation. Educational levels: High school, Informal education, Middle school