North Pole South Pole

Today was the first day of our Antarctica unit and what an exciting day it was! The first lesson in the unit is understanding how the North Pole and the South Pole are different. We made a list of what we thought we knew about the North Pole and then a list of what we thought we knew about the South Pole.



We looked at a world map, a globe, and learned mnemonic phrases for the cardinal directions like never eat soggy waffles or never eat shredded wheat. Then we read a book called North Pole South Pole by Nancy Smiler Levinson. After the book we filled out a Venn diagram about how the North Pole and South Pole are similar or different.


We learned that ice, snow, seals, whales, and sea birds are at both poles. In the South Pole, Antarctica, there are penguins, midge, and scientists. The south pole is the coldest place in the world. It is summer during January. The South Pole is land surrounded by water. The North Pole, the Arctic, is where polar bears, walrus, fox, wolves, caribou, snow rabbits, and owls live. People are native to the North Pole, but scientists also study their. The North Pole is water (covered by ice) surrounded by land.


We also finished our penguin math folders and began making our passports to Antarctica! Tomorrow we are going to finish our passports and take off on our journey to study penguins and the other Animals of Antarctica.