Find the answers to the questions listed below. You
may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or
the Antarctica:
90 Degrees South video titled Winter? Summer?
How Can You Tell? about the weather and seasons of
the continent.
Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You
may use whatever media you choose for your presentation.
Think about how YOU learn best.
Make a handout of the important findings of your group
to distribute to the rest of the class. Be sure to cite
your sources.
Questions — Seasons
I can tell you all about fall, winter, summer and spring
in my neighborhood. I know the activities of man and
animals during these seasons as well as things like clouds
and rainfall and temperature. What are some of the things
that happen during the seasons in Antarctica?
Why are seasons in Antarctica reversed from ours? Create
a drawing illustrating the sun and the tilted earth.
How does the surface of Antarctica change with each
season?
Define the three climatic areas of Antarctica: the interior,
the coastal and the peninsula.
