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Antarctica:
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Antarctica is a continent with extreme
weather conditions. Life is almost
impossible there. What living things
can survive in this ecosystem?
Look inside to explore the secrets
of Antarctica!
The best
of both worlds
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TEACHING NOTES Antarctica - LEVEL III
CONTENTS
NATURAL SCIENCE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING
• Different continents and habitats. • Nouns: blizzard, continent, crevasse,
• The wildlife. ice, iceberg, lichen, mainland, moss,
• Weather conditions. outer space, ozone layer, research
station, snowstorm, treaty.
• Adjectives: bare, cold, dangerous, dark,
deep, dry, flat, freezing, fuzzy, harmful,
LANGUAGE FOR LEARNING heavy, icy, large, low, permanent, risky,
• Use comparative and superlative seasonal, thick, warm, wild.
constructions: It is… than…/ the... • Verbs: bark, carve, crush, float, nest,
-est. research, rise, study, survive, trap,
• Ask and answer using evidence. waddle, wear, zoom.
READING ROUTE
Before reading:
Encourage the children to make predictions on what the book is about. Show them the
cover and title page of Antarctica: the world's wildest continent and ask: What do you
know about this continent? Write the children's answers on the board. Tell the children
they will review their answers once they finish reading. The vocabulary worksheet can also
be used to introduce the book. Children will learn or revise words that appear in Antarctica
before reading it. It also allows a great opportunity to investigate and learn more about
other continents and oceans of the world.
During the reading:
Guide the children's thinking by asking questions: How would you feel under Antarctica’s
weather conditions? What kind of things would you like to explore if you were a scientist?
Have them explain their answers. Create discussions and debates.
After reading:
Go back to the children's before reading answers and compare them to what they have
learnt during the reading. Children can also be asked to find information on other
continents and oceans. Use the graphic organiser to asks them to compare two different
habitats making use and revising the book's content. The vocabulary worksheet and the
picture dictionary can also be used after the reading to practise new vocabulary. Finally,
give the children the reading comprehension test (Advance or Basic level) to make sure
they have understood what they have read.
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TEACHING NOTES Antarctica - LEVEL III
WORKSHEETS
1. Vocabulary sheet
It can be used before or after reading the book to practise and learn new words.
2. Graphic organiser
It can be used as individual work or pair/group work. Children complete the graphic
organiser by comparing two habitats, analysing differences regarding the wildlife or
weather conditions. They will also be asked to find similarities between the habitats.
They can share ideas with the whole class once completed or while completing it.
3. Two reading comprehension tests
Advanced (test A) and basic (test B) levels. They can be used to test the children's
reading comprehension skills.
4. Picture dictionary
It can be used to help introduce and explain the content. Children can complete
the picture dictionary with the words provided in the box.
ANSWER KEY
Vocabulary sheet Reading comprehension
Test A (advanced)
1. Write the name of world's continents
and oceans. 1. Answer the questions.
Continents: Africa (1), Europe (2), Asia (3), 1. Antarctica is dry and windy. Temperature
Oceania (4), America (5) and Antarctica (6). is below freezing in summer and winter.
Oceans: Atlantic (7), Indian (8), Pacific (9), 2. Few animals can survive in Antarctica.
Arctic (10) and Antarctic (11). Most animals live mainly in the ocean
like whales, elephant seals or fish. There
2. Circle the correct word.
are also penguins, gulls and other sea
1. iceberg 3. blizzard 5. island birds.
2. gull 4. ozone
3. The land is too cold and dry for trees or
large plants. Few plants grow in
Reading comprehension
Antarctica; however, we can find fuzzy
Test B (basic)
mosses and lichens.
1. Circle the right answer.
2. Complete the sentences using these
1. b 2. c 3. b 4. a verbs.
2. Match the sentences. 1. survive
1. sudden snowstorms called blizzards. 2. float
2. mainly in the ocean. 3. research
3. the special wildlife in Antarctica. 4. wear
4. warmer than the mainland. 5. waddle
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VOCABULARY Antarctica
Name: Date:
1 Write the names of the world's continents and oceans.
10
2
3
1
5 7
9
8
4
11
6
1. 5. 9.
2. 6. 10.
3. 7. 11.
4. 8.
2 Circle the correct word.
1.
A large floating mass of ice. iceberg / rock
eagle / gull
2.
A white and long-winged sea bird.
3.
A severe snow storm. blizzard / wind
ozone / lichen
4. A layer in the Earth's stratosphere.
5.
A piece of land surrounded by water. continent / island
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GRAPHIC ORGANISER Antarctica
Name: Date:
1 Compare two habitats and write differences and similarities.
Habitat 1: Habitat 2:
How are
they alike?
How are they
different?
weather
animals
plants
lifestyle
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READING COMPREHENSION Antarctica - TEST B
Name: Date:
1 Circle the right answer.
1. Thousands of birds nest in Antarctica in…
a. winter b. summer c. spring
2. Ice covers most of the…
a. houses
b. flowers
c. land
3. Antarctica is located at the…
a. North Pole
b. South Pole
c. Equator
4. Antarctica is the…
a. driest and windiest continent.
b. driest and warmest continent.
c. rainiest and coolest continent.
2 Match the sentences.
1.
Airplanes can be caught in... the special wildlife in
Antarctica.
2.
Most Antarctic animals live... sudden snowstorms called
blizzards.
3.
Scientists study... warmer than the mainland.
4. The islands of Antarctica are... mainly in the ocean.
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READING COMPREHENSION Antarctica - TEST A
Name: Date:
1 Answer the questions.
1.
Can you describe the weather conditions in Antarctica?
2.
What type of animals can be found in Antarctica?
3.
What type of plants can be found in Antarctica?
2 Complete the sentences using these verbs.
research waddle float wear survive
1. Few animals and plants can
on land in Antarctica.
2. Icebergs further from shore
in Antarctica.
3. Scientists about this wild continent.
4. Visitors must sunscreen and warm
clothes to protect themselves.
5. Thousands of penguins over the ice.
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PICTURE DICTIONARY Antarctica
Name: Date:
1 Complete the picture dictionary.
bare rock blizzard gull iceberg island lichen moss
penguin pollution research station seal ship
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