Level 3

Discover Our Place, Scott Base! Learn about science on the ice, wildlife, the new Scott Base, climate change and more with this Antarctic activity book.

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Design & Innovation
• Sustainability
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 4

Sonny gets a tour of Scott Base, home away from home for all kiwis in Antarctica. He learns how they turn sea water into drinking water and how they use poo-eating bugs to deal with the waste.

• Literacy
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 4

Sonny heads to McMurdo Station and the famous Crary Lab where he learns about the mysterious world of sea slugs and spiders, and the scientists diving underwater in the Antarctic to study them.

• Literacy
• The Arts
• Science
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 4

Sonny catches a helicopter to meet some of Antarctica's adelie and emperor penguins, tries out a loo with a view and helps the scientists by collecting some penguin poo.

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 4

Sonny travels to the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, camps out on the ice and meets a 'seal whisperer', even hearing the songs of seals underwater.

• Level 2
• Level 4
• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Sustainability

Fill in the blanks! Antarctic Flora and Fauna

Guess the microorganisims - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 4

• Literacy
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 4

Draw an Antarctic Sea Pig - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 3

• The Arts
• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Level 4

Label a Sea Spider and understand how it functions! Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 3

• Science
• Level 4

Food Web resource - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 1

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Sustainability
• Level 2

Virtual field trips target primary and secondary schools are closely linked to the NZ curriculum, in particular science, social studies and geography. They can also be used by other subject teachers.

• Geography
• Science
• Literacy
• Natural Physical World
• Level 4
• Level 5
• Level 1
• Level 2

Fact sheet about various sea animals and birds of Antarctica.

• Natural Physical World
• Literacy

Activity sheet for researching and writing about how Antarctic animals live and survive.

• Literacy

Resource of links to websites about Antarctica.

• Science

Activity experiment testing the adaptation of blubber in Antarctic animals.

• Science

Activity about how blubber provides insulation for Antarctica animals.

• Science

Recording sheet for Animal Adaptation lesson - Emperor Penguins.

• Science

Lesson about penguin adaptations to living in Antarctica and categorising them into Structural, Behavioural or Physiological.

• Science