Antarctica

=Arctic=

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=Antarctica= The activities will lead to an understanding of the nature of Antarctica, of how different a place it is from Australia or any other continent, and why this is.
 * * =Classroom Antarctica: Term 3- Project September=
 * What is unique about Antarctica?
 * What physical processes have formed Antarctica and led to its special features?
 * How do the cold, wind, high altitude, and the other extremes that can be experienced in Antarctica compare with the conditions in our local environment?
 * What is special about the colours, light and silence of Antarctica?a words can we use to describe the qualities and features of Antarctica?

**MATERIALS**
[|Gallery of Antarctic images] [|A3 Map of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean] [|Climate chart] [|Wind chill chart] [|Contour map of Antarctica] [|Antarctic cross section showing elevation and ice thickness] [|Map showing Antarctica in relation to Australia - plot your own route] Other useful information - books, videos, websites and places to visit - is listed in the [|references and resources]section. ||  ||

=**K/W/L**=

Click on the websites below
Links [] [] [] [] [] http://www.classroom.antarctica.gov.au/