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FAQS Antarctica is the fifth largest continent on Earth. When you are standing on the South Pole you can step any direction and you will be going north. The population of Antarctica is 1000 people but none of them are permanent. Countries that claim Antarctica are Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom. Antarctica is located in the Southern Hemisphere. In winter the ocean freezes around Antarctica causing the size of Antarctica to grow forty thousand square miles. In 1969, scientists discovered a meteor from Mars at the South Pole.                         ANIMALS PENGUINS Adelie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Emperor Penguin Gentoo Penguin King Penguin Macaroni Penguin Rockhopper Penguin SEALS Crabeater Seal Antarctic Fur Seal Leopard Seal Ross Seal Southern Elephant Seal Weddell Seal WHALES Blue Whale Bottlenose Whale Fin Whale Humpback Whale Killer Whale (Orca) Minke Whale Sei Whale Sperm Whale Southern Right Whale OTHER BIRDS Albatrosses Cormorants Fulmars Gulls Petrels Sheathbills Skuas Terns  BACK	WEATHER •The South Pole is the coldest, windiest, and driest place on Earth. •The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at the South Pole; it reached -128.6°F •On average, most of Antarctica gets less than 2 inches of snow fall each year.  BACK                                                               EXPLORERS AMUNDSEN Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was from Norway. He was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible. WEDDELL James Weddell (1787 -1834) was an English explorer. On one of his trips Weddell discovered the Weddell Sea and the Weddell Seal in 1823. BYRD Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) was fron the United States. He explored the Arctic and Antarctic. SHACKLETON Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1872-1922) was born in Ireland in 1874. BACK
	Silly Jokes Q: What did the sea say to the iceberg ? A: Nothing, it just waved.   Q: Where do penguins go to dance? A: At the snow ball.   Q: Why did the penguin cross the road ? A: To go with the floe .   Q: What do penguins eat for lunch? A: Ice burg-ers.   Q: How do penguins drink? A: Out of beak-ers.   Q: What's a penguin's favorite salad? A: Iceberg lettuce.   Q: Who's the penguin's favorite Aunt? A: Aunt-arctica .   Q: Who's the head of the penguin navy? A: Admiral Byrd.   Q: How does a penguin make pancakes? A: With its flippers.   Q: What do you get when you cross a penguin and an alligator ? A: I don't know, but don't try to fix its bow tie .   Q: Why are penguins good race drivers? A: Because they're always in the pole position.   Q: What do little penguins sing when their father brings fish home for dinner? A: Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow.   This one's a North Pole Joke! Q: What do you call a gigantic polar bear? A: Nothing, you just run away!

 

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 Poetry

I never saw a purple cow I hope I never see one But I can tell you this right now I'd rather see than be one.... ~Ogden Nash

How to write a Cinquain Memorable Poems to Memorize Who is Ogden Nash? How to write a Diamante Poem Giggle Poetry - Poems to write More poems by Ogden Nash How to write a Limerick Giggle Poetry- Poems to read Poems you can write right now!

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What is Colonial America? What are the 13 original Colonies?

Can you explain how each picture above connects to Colonial America?

Colonial America Links Colonial America 1600-1775 Plimoth Plantation Online Revolutionary ThinkQuest Jamestown 1605 Living and Working in the Colonies -The Economics http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_america/colonial_america.htm Early America.com First Thanksgiving 1621 What did George Washington learn in school? http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/ http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/#aboutthanksgiving

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Christmas customs

Christmas around the World

 

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Links for Research	Links For Fun
Kids Cosmos	Astronomy Dictionary/Glossary
Starchild	Space Chase Game
Sun sites at NASA	Space Puzzlers
Nine Planets.org
Enchanted Learning: The Sun
Casper Planetarium Favorite Links