Simulation

Fact-Finding Team
Seasons

The mission of your group is to

Find the answers to the questions listed below.You may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Winter? Summer? How Can You Tell? about the weather and seasons of the continent.
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.
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 -- Seasons

I can tell you all about fall, winter, summer and spring in my neighborhood. I know the activities of man and animals during these seasons as well as things like clouds and rainfall and temperature. What are some of the things that happen during the seasons in Antarctica?
Why are seasons in Antarctica reversed from ours? Create a drawing illustrating the sun and the tilted earth.
How does the surface of Antarctica change with each season?
Define the three climatic areas of Antarctica: the interior, the coastal and the peninsula.

Resources

Cheeseman's Ecology Safaris
http://cheesemans.com/antarctica

Sunrise at the South Pole
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/sites/ExternSite.asp?url=http://www.
thursdaysclassroom.com/index_23sep99.html

Earth's Seasons
http://www.nasakids.com/earth/seasons/earthseasons.asp

Sun and Season
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/sheddinglight/materials/shlos7.pdf

Tutorial on Earth/Sun Relations and Seasons
http://daphne.palomar.edu/jthorngren/tutorial.htm

Antarctic Explorers
http://tea.rice.edu/giesting/1.24.1998.html

Seasons During the Entire Year
http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/schools/
high/planetarium/activities/seasons/seasons9.html

Are There Seasons in Antarctica?
http://www.glacier.rice.edu/invitation/1_seasons1.html

Fact-Finding Team Seasons

The mission of your group is to

Questions -- Seasons

Resources

Fact-Finding Team
Seasons