Simulation

Simulation

Procedures for Using the Simulation

Introductory Activity

Developing a Definition/Freewrite

Citing Electronic Sources MLA Style

Research Summaries

Pre-Interview Conference Sheet

Post-Interview Conference Sheet

Student Worksheet to Write the Debate / Discussion Position Notes

Final Evaluation of Antarctica: 90 Degrees South

Fact-Finding Teams

Collaboration

Fact-Finding Team
Location of Antarctica

The mission of your group is to

  1. Find the answers to the questions listed below. You may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Antarctica Under Construction about the geology and geography of the continent.

  2. Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You may use whatever media you choose for your presentation. Think about how YOU learn best.

  3. Make a handout of the important findings of your group to distribute to the rest of the class.Be sure to cite your sources.

Questions -- Location

  • Where would you be if everywhere you look is north?

  • What is the latitude of the South Pole?

  • What is the difference between the magnetic and geographic South Poles?

  • Which pole, geographic or magnetic, were explorers like Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton trying to reach?

Resources

Antarctica
http://aadc-gisweb.antdiv.gov.au/gis/antarctica/
live_antarctica.htm

Australian Atlantic Data Centre
http://www-aadc.aad.gov.au/default.asp

View from 35792 km above 88 40' S and 41 42" E
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth?imgsize=320&opt
=-l&lat=-88.6667&ns=North&lon=41.375&ew=
West&alt=35792&img=learth.evif

Maps Home Page
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
core/linksa/maptop.html

Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/antform.html

Name That Place
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/southpole.edu/latlong.html

Virtual Tour--The Poles
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/pole/poles/

Antarctica
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/aq.html

Antarctica Regions
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/
antarctic_region_pol_95.jpg

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