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Scientist Scrapbook Sites • Rice University List of great sites to explore • Just Beginning... good list to choose from • Women Scientists • List of Scientist's Biographies • More scientists from who2.com • ThinkQuest for scientists

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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 Minke Whale Sei Whale Sperm Whale Southern Right Whale	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.
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.	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!

• Why was the turkey sent to the principal's office?  Because he used fowl language!

• What did the little turkey say to the big turkey?  "Peck" on someone your own size!

• What do you call a crazy turkey?  A cuckoo bird!

• What's the key to a great Thanksgiving dinner?   The tur-KEY!

• Why do turkeys go gobble, gobble?  Because they never learned good table manners!

• What do turkeys like to eat on Thanksgiving?   Nothing, they're already stuffed!

• Why did the turkey eat his meal so quickly?   Because he was a gobbler!

• How do you make a turkey float?   Get two scoops of ice cream, add some root beer and a turkey!

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Mountain Men & Fur Trappers	Military & Geological Expeditions
Jim Bridger	David Folsom 1869 Yellowstone Expedition
Kit Carson	Charles Cook
John Colter	William Peterson
William Sublette	John C. Fremont
Jim Baker	Ferdinand V. Hayden
Jacques La Ramie	Captain William F. Raynolds Expedition of 1860
Sakajawea or Sacagawea	Gen. Henry D. Washburn 1870 Yellowstone Expedition
Jedediah Smith
Davey Jackson
Manual Lisa
Wilson Price Hunt

 

 

 

 

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Fun Brain.com	Scholastic for Kids
Your Gross and Cool Body	MiKids.com
Zoo Books Online	Primary Games.com
Magic Tricks	Edheads.org

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