Third Grade - Social Studies

The Polar Regions

Polar Regions Online Magazine

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears

The Arctic and Antarctica are they the same or Different?

Student 1: Click here to open your Venn Diagram tool

Student2: Click here to open the Digital Story book

Arctic Animal Adaptation

Habitat Game - Class Activity

The Inuit

Meet the Inuit

Arctic Animals Research Links

Sea Lion

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/sealion.php

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_lion

3. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sea_lion.html

4. http://www.chirpingbird.com/netpets/html/classrm/sealfact.html

5. http://www.allthesea.com/Sea-Lion.html

Caribou

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/biggame/caribou.php

2. http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/caribou.htm

3. http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/caribou.html

4. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-reindeer-herd.htm

5. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-caribou-groups.htm

6. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-caribou-calf.htm

7. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-caribou-herds.htm

8. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-caribou-hoof.htm

9. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-warbles.htm

10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribou

Reindeer

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/biggame/santasreindeer.php

2. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-reindeer-herd.htm

3. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-caribou-groups.htm

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer

Sockeye salmon

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/fish/sockeye.php

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockeye_salmon

3. http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/fishing/fishfinder/article/0,13440,197023,00.html?selectMenu=%2Ffieldstream%2Ffishing%2Ffishfinder%2Farticle%2F0%2C13440%2C197023%2C00.html

4. http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/sockeye-salmon.html

Arctic Fox

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/furbear/arcfox.php

2. http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/arcticfox.htm

3. http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/arctic_fox.htm

4. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-arctic-fox.htm

5. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-arctic-fox-scavenge.htm

6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox

Walrus

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/walrus.php

2. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/walrus.html

3. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-walrus-dive.htm

4. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-walrus-mother.htm

5. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-walrus-herd.htm

6. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-walrus-tusk.htm

7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walrus

Penguin

1. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/species.html

2. http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/sphenisciformes/penguins.htm

3. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/penguin.html

4. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-penguins.htm

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin

Harbor Seal

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/harseal.php

2. http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/arctic/polar-profiles.htm

3. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-seal-uses.htm

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_seal

Lynx

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/furbear/lynx.php

2. http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/lynx.htm

3. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/lynx.html

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx

Musk Ox

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/biggame/muskoxen.php

2. http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/muskox.html

3. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-muskox.htm

4. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-muskox-wool.htm

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox

Polar Bear

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/polarbea.php

2. http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/arctic/polar-profiles.htm

3. http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/polar.htm

4. http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/polar_bear.html

5. http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/polarbear.htm

6. http://www.athropolis.com/library-cat.htm#bears

7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear

Puffin

1. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/bird/puffins.php

2. http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/charadriiformes/puffins.htm

3. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-puffin-2.htm

4. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-puffin.htm

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin

http://www.factmonster.com/

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/ref2000/

Grade 3 Polar Exploration Project

Arctic Studies Center

Global Edventure

ARCTIC LIBRARY
Check out the SKY / SEASONS section. There's just about everything in this library that you'd ever need to know about the Arctic, listed both ALPHABETICALLY and by CATEGORY. Ideal for students. (Double-click any word on these pages for a "pop-up" definition.)

The Arctic

The Arctic Quiz

Comparing Arctic and Antarctic

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