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Use 2 of the links on the Cool Antarctica Website:
Create an ABC Grid using the following questions as a guideline to
find out more about Antarctica.
Questions
- Where is Antarctica? How big is it?
- Why is Antarctica considered to be a desert?
- What is the climate like? How cold does it get in Antarctica?
- What is the Antarctic landscape like?
- What kind of plants and animals are there in Antarctica?
- What resources does Antarctica have?
- Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?
- Who lives there?
- What is the Antarctic Convergence?
- Who owns Antarctica?
Example of an ABC Grid
(fill the grid with answers, and write the questions underneath as 'clues')
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| 1 | | | |
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| 3 | No one. It is controlled by many countries through at treaty | | |
Clues
A3: Who owns Antarctica?
Reference
Refer to page 37 - 38 in Top Tools S. Cubitt, R. Irvine, and A. Dow
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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