Add to ORKGStudents investigate the causes of Antarctica's strong, persistent winds in this weeklong unit. They also learn the causes of these ferocious katabatic winds. This site contains teacher tools, which include downloadable readings, detailed daily breakdowns of tasks, teacher strategies for using the activities, a portfolio grading sheet, a project rubric sheet, and additional readings. There are also three activities in which students examine the overview information and develop questions for further study, examine weather data collected at several Antarctic weather stations, and investigate the behavior of cold air. In addition there are interviews with Antarctic researchers, a polar climatologist and a glacial geologist. There is also a han...