Arctic Unit Study Resources

Being from Montana, I often felt like we practically lived in the North Pole during the long and often harsh winter months. I remember one time being afraid that a polar bear would come and get me. The Arctic isn’t just the North Pole or cold, freezing temperatures, though. There are fascinating things there from the native people to the animals that flourish despite the frigid air. Doing a unit study on the Arctic region of the Earth is a great way to teach your kids about this part of the Earth that most people wouldn’t even consider calling home or exploring. Here are some great Arctic Unit Study Resources for getting started.

Arctic Unit Study Resources

Arctic Lesson Plan Ideas

There are several antarctic lesson plans for you to use over at the Miami University website. They discuss climate change, packing as if you were going on a trip there, and so on.

OSU has a section Lesson Plans about Arctic Peoples called Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears.

Arctic Printables

There’s a free Printable of Antarctica at Teachervison that would be good for many types of lesson plan activities.

TIME for Kids has some Antarctica Printables that could be great resources for a lesson plan.

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has an Arctic and Inuit Lapbook.

Arctic Experiments and crafts

This experiment on How Animals Stay Warm in Icy Cold Water with blubber from scientific American is pretty awesome!

Demonstrate how unique snowflakes are and how they form with this simple overnight Borax Snowflake Experiment from A Girl and a Boy

Arctic Videos and Clips

This video on the Arctic Predators by The Polar Bears International is a great video for kids. It is a full 47 minutes long, and was recorded from a live webcast.

On Thin Ice: Inuit Way of Life Vanishing in the Arctic is a 25 minute segment about the Inuit way of life being destroyed in Greenland because of climate change.