Antarctica Research Links

Here are some links that you can use to find out more for your Antarctica research. Please let me know in the comments section if there are links that are especially helpful.

Adelie penguins
An amazing site!

Adelie penguins from National Geographic

Adelie penguins from Penguin World

Chinstrap penguins
This site, from Penguin World, has many facts about the chinstrap penguin.

Animal Bytes: Chinstrap Penguins

More on chinstrap penguins
Scroll down to see some cute penguin chicks!

Crabeater seals
There are more crabeater seals than any other kind of seal. What are they like? And what do they really eat?

Elephant seals and crabeater seals
This page has information about both kinds of seals. Read carefully!

Crabeater seals
Fast Facts

Elephant seals
You must see this seal to believe it. Really.

More on elephant seals
Easy to read facts and information make this site a great source of information.

Emperor penguins
Find video, facts, and photos at this site from Arkive.

Emperor penguin Creature Feature
Read and learn about emperor penguins with this site from National Geographic.

Emperor penguins Animal Bytes

Gentoo penguins
Lots of information about gentoo penguins.

More on gentoo penguins
From coolantarctica.com. Be aware of the ads on this page.

Macaroni penguins
 A site from Arkive.

More macaroni penguins
This is a fact sheet from the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium.

Krill
Information on the tiny creatures from National Geographic.

More on krill

Krill cam
From the Australian Antarctic Division. See krill swimming!

Krill facts
An entire website devoted to krill. After your research is done, you can try some of the games.

Leopard seals
This fantastic site includes photos, videos, and information.

Leopard seals from National Geographic

More on leopard seals
From a-z animals.com

Leopard seals
Information from New Zealand

The Arctic tern
This bird makes an amazing migration each year.

More on Arctic terns
Get a glimpse of the cute little tern chicks!

Arctic tern from Arkive

Weddell seals
Fact file from coolantarctica.com

Weddell seals
More information from Arkive

Weddell seal science
Read about current research in Antarctica.


The South Polar Skua
Learn more about this unloved bird.

More about the Skua
Read all about this bird at Cool Antarctica.


Orcas
The National Geographic site about orcas.

More orcas
This Arkive site includes photos, videos, and more.

Humpback whales
This site is from Animal Diversity Web

Blue whales
Lots of information about blue whales!

Mount Erebus profile
A quick overview of facts related to Antarctica's volcano.

More on Mount Erebus
This is a longer article.

Weather in Antarctica
This site has some ads, but it also includes lots of information about Antarctica's temperatures.

More on weather
This site is from IceCube!


Southern lights (otherwise known as aurora australis)
This site does include advertisements, so be careful where you click!

Silent Letters and Verb Tense

What do these two things have in common? Some irregular past tense verbs have silent letters. For example, brought and knew are tricky verbs. Both are in past tense. And both have silent letters!

As we work on silent letter patterns in spelling class, it makes sense to study verb tenses as well.

Here are some study tools for learning about words with silent letters and verb tenses.

Quizlet Set for Silent Letter Combinations



Matching Activity: Match present tense and past tense verbs.

Simple Present Tense: This site shows students how to form the simple present tense.

Verb Practice--with Bees!: This site helps students to practice using the correct forms of verbs.

Rocket Ship Past and Present: Match the correct forms of past and present verbs to make the rocket ship lift off!