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Web Sites |
EarthSky is an excellent overview site for teachers and students with content from the author of Science on Ice (see below).
The ANSMET site provides an interesting and entertaining view of meteorite hunting in Antarctica.
Blue Ice describes a seven-week interactive learning project, with sessions scheduled for September 1999, and January/March/July 2000.
Glacier is an informational site covering Antarctic earth science, ecology, meteorology and environmental science; linked to the site for TEA (Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic)
Gateway to Antarctica is maintained by the International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research in New Zealand, and contains an educational resource package.
The Robotics Institute site provides information about Carnegie-Mellon's various robot projects.
Mountain Zone contains the on-line story of the Mt. Vinson ascent profiled in the video.
NASA provides actual data in their Ozone Hole site.
Terraquest's Virtual Antarctica site takes you on an award-winning journey by ship.
Serious research information may be explored at the NSF Polar Research site and the
Scott Polar Research Institute site at Cambridge University.
The Planetary Science Foundation web page contains additional information on meteorites.
The NASA educational documents site allows teachers to order documents on planetary geology and meteorites.
The Antarctic Connection site provides a catalog of educational and other materials on Antarctica.
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Books |
Meteorites by Paul Sipiera. Children's Press, 1994. Available through Planetary Studies Foundation, www.planets.org.
Science on Ice: Research in Antarctica by Michael Woods. The Millbrook Press, 1995.
Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott: Race for the South Pole (World’s Greatest Explorers) by Paul Sipiera, 1991.
Antarctica: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit by Jeff Rubins. Lonely Planet Publications, 1996.
Rocks from Space by O. Richard Norton. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1994.