Marshall Academy of Excellence
Galloping the Globe Resources
Polar Regions

Here are some of the wonderful things there that we used in addition to the suggested texts 
in GtG for the Polar Regions:
 

General Topics:

From the Artic to Antarctica - Rod Theodoru

March of the Penguins DVD - Lives up to the "hype."
 

Readers (for those just beginning to read independently):

Living in the Arctic
These Birds Can't Fly 
It Could Still be a Bird
 

Literature:

The Magic Tree House: Polar Bears Past Bedtime - Mary Pope Osborne
My Season With the Penguins - Interesting, factual account of a study of
penguins.
A Penguin Year - a realistic portrayal of a year in the life of a penguin. 
(Note, parents may wish to "pre-read" this book as there is one page with a
tasteful, but visual, drawing of penguins mating.  It took me by surprise!)


    

Science:

We read Polar Bear Patrol and Penguin Puzzle which are both Magic School
Bus chapter books.

We read The Magic School Bus In the Arctic and did the experiment on
insulation found on the MSB website.

The Best Book of Polar Animals - lives up to its name.
How to Hide a Polar Bear and Other Mammals - Ruth Heller
Zoobooks magazines - Polar Bears, Penguins, Seals

   

Art:

We really enjoy fuse beads (see Perler Beads).  They have a penguin
fuse bead form and free patterns online.  

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