Related Information on the WWW
Antarctica Geolife Map Activity
Antarctic key facts: World Factbook 1995.
http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NATLAS/wfb/
Virtual Antarctica:
http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/geography/geography.html
Antarctic ecosystem at ICAIR (International Center for Antarctic Information
and Research).
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/tourism/visitor.html
Antarctic maps: Australian Antarctic Division's Map Collection.
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/sci/human/dm/maps/maps.html
David Hess, who works for Allied Signal Technical Service Corp at Wallops, Virginia,
wrote to Patti Weeg's (Delmar Elementary School Wicomico County, Maryland) class
from Antarctica. This site chronicles their interactions and links to a wealth
of info about Antarctica.
http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg/hess.html
Website for the National Council for Geographic Education:
http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/ncge/
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History/Government Activity
Virtual Antarctica documents the essential historical overview of exploration
of Antarctica, including the Heroic Era when the great explorers including Robert
Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Douglas, Mawson and Roald Amundsen ventured to uncover
the mysteries of Antarctica.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/history/history.html
ICAIR provides images of Shackleton and Scott's ships, links to history of Ross
Island, the Southern Cross Expedition and more historical data.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/history/
Visit Shackleton's hut and learn about his British Antarctic expedition of 1907-1909
at Doug Quin's site.
http://www.webdirectory.com/antarctica/journal6/dec3.html
Katie Wallett's New South Polar Times documents a history of the South Pole
and links to information about Polar explorers.
http://www.deakin.edu.au/edu/MSEE/GENII/NSPT/HistSPExpl.html
Excellent collection of images and background information on several Antarctic
expeditions prepared by Donal Manahan, professor at the University of Southern
California.
http://arts.usf.edu/~marsh/history.html
Everything you need to know about the Antarctic Treaty is found at this ICAIR
site including a copy of the Treaty itself.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/treaty/
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A Job for Everyone
Learn about the careers and lives of The Antarctic Team via journals and
biographies available online at our Live From Antarctica 2 web site.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica2/main/field.html
NSF's Polar Program background on research objectives in the Antarctic are detailed
here.
http://www.nsf.gov/nsf/nsfpubs/nsf9491/nsf9491h.htm#UnitedSt
LTER (Long Term Ecological Research)'s Palmer Station overview, history, project
information and related links.
http://www.crseo.ucsb.edu/lter/lter.html
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Getting There: Half the Battle!
Lee Liming's Tourist Expedition to Antarctica gives an insider's view of
an actual trip to Antarctica via the R/V Marco Polo in Jan-Feb. 1994.
http://http2.sils.umich.edu/Antarctica/Story.html
Lee Liming's Tourist Expedition site includes Visitor's Guidelines at:
http://http2.sils.umich.edu/Antarctica/Tour/Guidelines.html
Terraquest's Virtual Antarctica Clothing and Equipment checklist to help students
define just what they need to pack on a trip to Antarctica.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/expedition/equipment.html
Students plan a trip to Antarctica in this online Gulf of Maine Aquarium lesson
on preparing for the Antartic cold.
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/cold.html
Your Stay At Palmer Station -- this Antarctic Support Associates file gives
instructive information on preparing for a trip to Palmer Station.
gopher://quest.arc.nasa.gov:70/00/interactive-projects/Antarctica/NSF/pal-stay
Geologist James E. Lundy's Fall of 1995 trip aboard the R/V Palmer research
vessel.
http://piano.geo.utexas.edu/~jiml/palmer.html
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The Ice Ecosystem
An activity about tracking the changes in the Antarctic ice sheet -- use
an atlas and satellite imagery to examine the geography of the region and the
changing boundaries of the ice sheet. Excellent lesson plan includes use of
NIH imaging software.
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/ice.html
Lessons and resources created by ICAIR's LEARNZ (Linking Education with Antarctic
Research in New Zealand.
http://icair.iac.org.nz/~psommerv/web/lessonpl/learnz/learnz96/seaice.htm
This LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) at Palmer Station site provides an
overview and information about the history and projects conducted.
http://www.crseo.ucsb.edu/lter/lter.html
This University of Colorado National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)provides
data and information resource for those studying snow and ice, and their importance
to the Earth system. Education resources for teachers with links to studies
on Antarctic ice.
http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/
A great set of ColdLinks -- World Wide Web sites to offer interesting and useful
information about the crysophere, climate and global change, and remote sensing.
http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NSIDC/coldlinks.html#EDUCATE
The Teel Family of Alaska shares their web site full of fun SNOW activities
including: Snow Science -- Snow crystals and how to study them. Snow Activities
-- Snow scavenger hunt to an ice candle; Snow Art -- Cutting six-sided snowflakes
to snow paint. Snow Literature -- Snow folk tales and poems; Snow Food -- Snow
ice-cream and an edible glacier; Snow Links -- Links to other web sites about
snow.
http://www.teelfamily.com/activities/snow/
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Ship Mechanics
THE *best* site for information on the Polar Duke and Nathaniel Palmer
vessels including : Life On Board the Ship, Communications, Computing, Equipment,
Labs, Ship Deck Plans, Ship Safety, etc. presented by the Antarctic Support
Associates.
http://enterprise.asa.org/vessels.html
Details the Marco Polo cruise ship which hosted Lee Liming's 1994 trip to Antarctica.
http://http2.sils.umich.edu/Antarctica/Marco_Polo/MarcoPolo.html
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Oil & Water Don't Mix... or Do They?
Ocean Planet's Oil Spill background information details the sources, accidents,
and cleanup of oil spills.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html
Details the environmental issues in Antarctica including information about oil
spills.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/~psommerv/web/informat/caring/6_caring.htm#oil
US Environmental Protection Agency's Oil Spill Program provides information
about the U.S. EPA's program for preventing, preparing for, and responding to
oil spills.
http://www.epa.gov/superfnd/oerr/er/oilspill/oilhome.htm
Newton's Apple lesson on oil spill cleanups with links to related topics.
http://discovery.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/10/lessons/Oilspill.html
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Water Forms Layers
Ocean in Commotion is a site containing multiple links to information about
why the ocean is salty, ocean currents, density, temperature, currents, satellite
images, circulation. Useful for older students doing research.
http://geosun1.sjsu.edu/~dreed/105/currents.html
"Why Is the Ocean Salty?" By Herbert Swenson (US Geological Survey
Publication) A clear and easy to understand document answering questions about
sea salinity and the source of the salt in
sea water.
http://www.ci.pacifica.ca.us/NATURAL/SALTY/salty.html
Project Athena Curriculum (engages students in observing phenomena using remote-sensed
data to construct knowledge about the world), relating to Oceans, points to
instruction units and project activities including Tracking Drifter Buoys and
Ocean Color lessons.
http://athena.wednet.edu/curric/oceans/
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Effects of Light/Dark on Phytoplankton Populations
The Marine Ecosystem of the Antarctic is described including information
about plankton, krill, and fish and squid.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/environments/m.environments.html
An excellent Antarctic Food Web lesson entitled "Who Eats Who In the Antarctic?"
by Kim Kovich Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg/antarct7.html
American Geophysical Union report on the effects of UV on phytoplankton in the
Southern Ocean.
http://earth.agu.org/revgeophys/smith01/node18.html
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Tracking Activity
WhaleNet's STOP (Satellite Tagging Observation Program) provides opportunities
for students to participate in whale and seal tracking activities using satellite
imagery.
http://whale.wheelock.edu/whalenet-stuff/stop_cover.html
Australia's Antarctic Research Division provides updated information about the
research affecting seal, penguins, krill and other marine life.
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/sci/bio/bio.html
The Adelie Penguin Monitoring Program where scientists at the Australian Antarctic
Division study both these species; the research described at this site relates
to a long-term monitoring study of the Adélie penguin, including satellite
tracking of Adelie penguins.
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/sci/bio/adelie_penguins/adelie_penguins.html
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Heat Exchange
New Zealand Antarctic Programme file on Adaptation to Cold with a special
foucs on seals, whales, fish, birds, krill, land plants and animals and their
adaptive features.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/~psommerv/web/informat/adapt/8_adapta.htm
"How Do Survival Techniques of Antarctic Explorers and Polar Animals Compare?"
This is the question that students ofthe Accelerated Learning Labortory of Worcester,
MA. focus their study on the survival techniques of polar animals and the ways
humans mimic these naturally occurring phenomenon. Students will conduct cold
environment adaptation experiments, as well as investigate thermal energy concepts,
such as the transfer of heat energy, conduction, insulation, and convection.
http://nis.accel.worc.k12.ma.us/WWW/Projects/Antarctica/antarctic.html
Sea World's Animal Information Database provides a broad base of information
on marine mammals.
http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/
Virtual Antarctica's Science link provides in depth information about marine
and terrestrial environments and Antarctic animals.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/science.html
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Penquin Adaptation
Virtual Antarctica's Science link to extensive information on penguins includes:
Flightless Birds, Behavior, Breeding Locomotion, Colonies, Adelie Penguin, Emperor
Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin and The Crested Penguins.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/penguins/penguins.html
Hear the sounds and see the sights as wildlife sound recordist and NSF Artist-in-Residence,
Doug Quin, shares his Antarctic experiences. Highlights include: a visit to
the emperor penguins and an Adelie penguin colony on Ross Island; hear leopard
seals and Weddell seals at the edge of the sea ice; and experience the creaking
and groaning of glaciers from deep within frozen crevasses. Drop in on scientists
at the US base on McMurdo Sound and learn about remarkable research.
http://www.webdirectory.com/antarctica/
Gulf of Maine Aquarium provides the useful classroom lessons focusing on Penguin
Adaptation, Coping with the Cold, Blubber Glove, Salt Concentration, Chick Die-Off,
Changes in Antarctic Ice, and Creating Plankton.
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/index.html
The Adelie Penguin Monitoring Program where scientists at the Australian Antarctic
Division study both these species; the research described at this site relates
to a long-term monitoring study of the Adélie penguin.
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/sci/bio/adelie_penguins/adelie_penguins.html
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Comparative Marine Biology
Virtual Antarctica's Science link provides in depth information about marine
and terrestrial environments and Antarctic animals.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/science.html
ICAIR's descriptive file on penguins, seals and whales provides images and background
information on related issues concerning Antarctic marine life.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/education/resource/informat/penguins/9_pengui.htm
Satellite images and pictures of Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere can
be found among the many links at this NSIDC (National Snow and Ice Data Center).
http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NSIDC/gallery.html
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An Ozone Primer
The Environmental Protection Agency's Stratosphereic Ozone Web site provides
a wealth of information about the science of ozone depletion, regulations in
the US designed to protect the ozone layer, information on methyl bromide, and
contains many links to other sites.
http://www.epa.gov/docs/ozone/index.html
NASA Ames Numerical Aerospace Simulation's Stratospheric Ozone Depletion resource
file for both teachers and students interested in the ozone layer. Extensive
links particularly useful for the middle-high schoolers.
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/Education/TeacherWork/Ozone/Ozone.homepage.html
ICAIR's ozone depletion informational file with key links to ozone related web
sites including the animation of 1995 ozone hole data and current ozone images
available at NOAA.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/environment/ozone/index.html
NASA's Facts Online -- Fact Sheet on Ozone from modeling to monitoring projects.
http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/earthsci/ozonestu.htm
NASA Mike's (who is the Systems Manager for External Interfaces on the Earth
Observing Systems (EOS-PM) Project at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center) site
provides a wealth of information about Ozone -- from the History of TOMS (Total
Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) to Live Image links.
http://webhost.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasamike/essays/toms/toms.htm
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UV/Plant Activity
Your students are invited to participate in the Ozone Depletion Art Project
and share thier artistic creations online that reflect their understanding of
the harmful effects of ozone depletion, including increased UV radiation exposure.
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/art/enter.html
An extensive Ozone Depletion FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) that offers insights
into the effects of UV on various life forms.
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/ozone-depletion/uv/faq.html
Union of Concerned Scientist's Sound Science Initiative on Ozone Depletion details
the impact and issues.
http://www.ucsusa.org/textonly/global/text.ozone.html
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Data to Death (Krill)
An excellent article with images and charts focusing on the issues relating
to the Antarctic krill population written by Dr Stephen Nicol is the Principal
Research scientist in charge of the krill research team at the Australian Antarctic
Division in Kingston, Tasmania.
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/sci/bio/issues_krill/issues_krill.html
Virtual Antarctica's Marine Ecosystem background file on plankton, krill, squid
and fish.
http://www.terraquest.com/va/science/environments/m.environments.html#B
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Design a Project Palmer Research Station
Detailed information about Palmer Station presents overview, history, and
the projects conducted.
http://www.crseo.ucsb.edu/lter/lter.html
US Long Term Ecological Research Network -- find out what LTER is, the major
milestones, and the research conducted via this site.
http://lternet.edu/
Live From Antarctica's (Dec '94-Jan '95) activities included designing a new
South Pole station. This lesson plan gives foundation for Activity B.2.
gopher://quest.arc.nasa.gov/00/interactive-projects/Antarctica/teacherguide/program3.txt
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Antarctica: Who needs it?
National Science Foundation's Polar Programs site detailing the various
research projects and goals of Antarctic Programs.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/nsf95138/chap7.htm#2
Facilities, Logistics, and Support describes NSF supported research stations
in Antarctica.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/nsf9693/fls.htm
Cornelius Sullivan (Director of the Office of Polar Programs - 1993) addresses
the question of "Why go to Antarctica to conduct scientific research?"
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/dec93/dec93-01.htm
Antarctica: A Unique Laboratory for Science --Science is the principal human
activity in Antarctica. The continent and the seas around it are a natural laboratory
in which to investigate fundamental questions in astronomy and astrophysics,
glaciology.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/antprog/chiii.htm
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Antarctica: General Information
Visit this exceptional Web-based instructional guide entitled "About Antarctica"
developed by Seven Downey, PhD student at the University of Illinois. It is
an introductory guide designed for junior and senior high school students. The
current beta version covers topics such as continental drift, weather, ice movements,
global warming, seals, and penguins, Within the month, Steve expects to add
another section on whales in Antarctica. Students can even measure their knowledge
by trying out the Review Activities on each topic.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/students/downey/project
Cool Antarctica: a travel-oriented view of Antarctica with pictures, maps,
history and more. http://www.coolantarctica.com/
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