Arctic and Antarctic Study

We have been studying the Arctic the for the past two weeks.  Some of the books we have been reading include:

• Living in the Arctic
• Arctic and Antarctic
• The Magic School Bus in the Arctic: A Book about Heat
• Amazing Arctic Animals

We also used the following websites to find out more information about the animals of the arctic, Arctic Animals,  and Arctic Studies Center. 

Emily created an arctic diorama using a shoe box.

She made the animals out of Crayola Model Magic Clay (love this stuff!).  They include:

an arctic owl

an arctic fox, arctic bunny and a den for the polar bear. We included a polar bear that we already had.

Our only discussion so far about the Antarctic has been penguins.  We read Penguins by Gail Gibbons and drew penguins using Draw Write Now.

We will continue to discuss the Antarctic the remainder of the week.