ANTARCTICA SCAVENGER HUNT – Public Libraries
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» Go to Info Finder
» Click on My Research under RESEARCH TOOLS
» Log-in or create your My Research account
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Your My Research account is where you can save all your projects, World Book articles, images, timelines,
and other search results in one place.
» Click on the Info Finder heading at the top of the page to go back to Info Finder home page to start
searching for information on the Antarctica.
Tip: Clicking on the Info Finder heading will always take you back to the home page.
» Type in antarctica in the SEARCH BOX and click the Search button
Searching this way will help you find if there is more than one article on Antarctica.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES:
World Book offers thousands of easy-to-read encyclopedia articles on a broad variety of topics.
List the top 5 Encyclopedia Articles
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» Tick
the top 5 Encyclopedia Articles
» Hover over Save to My Research
A blue box will now drop down.
» In the blue drop down box click Save to a new project
This will save all the articles you ticked as a new project in your My Research account.
» Go to your My Research account from the home page –
You will now see the 5 articles saved under Encyclopedia Articles.
» To name your new project, click on Edit this project’s title
» Type in Antarctica in the box and click Submit
You can now save other search results on Antarctica to this project.
Click Back to return to the SEARCH RESULTS page.
MAPS:
Let’s now add some maps to your My Research Antarctica project.
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Click on Maps under SEARCH RESULTS.
» Tick
the following maps:
1. Antarctica
2. Antarctica territorial claims
3. Southern Ocean
» Hover over Save to My Research
A blue box will now drop down.
» In the blue drop down box click Antarctica
You have now saved the maps relating to Antarctica to your My Research Antarctica project.
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TABLES:
World Book 's tables cover a huge range from facts about countries and other places, to important dates.
Let’s now add some tables to your my Research Antarctica project.
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Click on Tables under SEARCH RESULTS.
» Tick
the following tables:
1. Interesting facts about Antarctica
2. Facts in brief about Antarctica
» Save to My Research
HISTORICAL MAPS:
Let’s now add some historical maps to your My Research Antarctica project.
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Click on Historical Maps under SEARCH RESULTS.
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Tick
the following historical maps:
1. Antarctica exploration
2. Sir Douglas Mawson exploration map
3. Expeditions of Roald Amundsen
4. Cretaceous Period: geologic history
5. Drifting Continents: 100 million years ago
» Save to My Research
PICTURES:
Pictures in World Book include photographs, animal illustrations, and much more.
Let’s now add some pictures to your My Research Antarctic project.
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Click on Pictures under SEARCH RESULTS.
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Tick
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Antarctica’s rugged coast
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Ozone hole over Antarctica
The Endurance trapped in Antarctic ice
Leopard seal
the following pictures:
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Researcher at the South Pole
South polar skua
Richard E. Byrd
Roald Amundsen at the South Pole
» Save to My Research
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VIDEOS:
World Book offers videos and animations, including historical footage, animal scenes, and interactive
animations.
Let’s now add some videos to your My Research Antarctic project.
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Click on Check All to tick
all 4 videos:
1. Operation IceBridge in Antarctica
2. McMurdo Station
3. Larsen Ice Shelf
4. Penguins walking
» Save to My Research
SPECIAL REPORTS:
In-depth feature articles focus on issues surrounding timely topics, important current events, and
obituaries of famous people.
Let’s now add some Special Reports that feature articles focussing on the Antarctic.
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Click on Special Reports under SEARCH RESULTS.
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Tick
the following pictures:
1. Science in Antarctica
2. The Great Meltdown
» Save to My Research
WEBSITES:
Editors have selected more than 7,000 Web sites, which are linked to relevant World Book articles.
Let’s now add some web sites to your My Research Antarctica project.
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Click on Websites under SEARCH RESULTS.
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Tick
the following pictures:
1. Escape from Antarctica
2. Live from Antarctica
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RESEARCH GUIDES:
Links to related World Book articles, study questions, and additional resources.
Let’s now add some related World Book articles to your My Research Antarctica project.
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Click on Research Guides under SEARCH RESULTS.
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Click on Antarctica.
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In the left hand RESEARCH GUIDE column, click on Biographies located under Encyclopedia Articles.
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Click on the following articles and save to your My Research Antarctica project.
Each time you save an article double click back to return to Research Guide.
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Amundsen, Roald
Byrd, Richard Evelyn
Mawson, Sir Douglas
Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace
Ross, Sir James Clark
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Scott, Robert Falcon
Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry
Wilkins, Sir Hubert
Wilson, Edward
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Under Natural features, click on the following articles and save to your My Research Antarctica project.
Each time you save an article double click back to return to Research Guide.
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Glazier
Iceberg
Lake Vostok
Mount Erebus
5. South Pole
6. Southern Ocean
7. Vinson Massif
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Under Other related articles, click on the following articles and save to your My Research Antarctica
project.
Each time you save an article double click back to return to Research Guide.
1. Antarctic Circle
2. Emperor penguin
3. Global warming
4. Ice formation
5. Ozone hole
» Go back to the Research Guide
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE:
» On the Research Guide page, click on the Antarctica link located in the left
hand column under Research Guide to find the answers to the following
questions:
Tip: Article Contents located on the left hand side of the Antarctica article shows the different sections in
the article. Just click on the section to make it easier for you to locate the answer to the questions.
1. What is unique about Antarctica?
(Tip: Click on the link Introduction located in the Article Contents section)
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2. What is the highest point in Antarctica?
(Tip: Click on the link Geography/Land located in the Article Contents section)
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3. What is the process called when the ice reaches the coast, breaks off to form icebergs that are then
carried out to sea?
(Tip: Click on the link Geography/Ice located in the Article Contents section)
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4. Each winter, the surface of the Southern Ocean freezes into a sheet of salty ice. What is this sheet of ice
called?
(Tip: Click on the link Ocean located in the Article Contents section)
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5. What was the world’s lowest temperature recorded by scientists on July 21, 1983?
(Tip: Click on the link Climate located in the Article Contents section)
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6. What is the most common penguin found in Antarctica?
(Tip: Click on the link Living Things located in the Article Contents section)
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7. Who were the two explorers racing to be the first to reach the South Pole?
(Tip: Click on the link Exploration/The ”Heroic Era” located in the Article Contents section)
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Click on the My Research link located on the top right hand side, click on
your Antarctica project to find the answers to the following questions:
8. Under saved Encyclopedia Articles, click on Mawson, Sir Douglas article.
(Tip: Read the section under Second Antarctic expedition and view the exploration map)
What tragedy occurred in December 1912 during the 1911 – 14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition?
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9. Click Back to return to your My Research account. Under saved Maps, click on Antarctica territorial
claims. On the map of Antarctica below mark in the territorial claims.
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EXTENSION ACTIVITY:
MAGAZINES:
Magazine articles can be found within the Related Information boxes of many World Book articles. Clicking
on this heading takes you to a list of relevant magazine articles published in the last three years, provided
by EBSCO Content Solutions.
» In your My Research account, under saved Encyclopedia Articles, click on the
Antarctica article.
» In the right hand corner under Related Information, click on Magazine
Articles.
» Click on a magazine article relevant to Antarctica, e.g. “Antarctic ice shelf threatened by warming”.
» Highlight and copy the webpage URL; Tip: control c (Windows) or command c (Mac)
» Go to your My Research account link located on the top right hand side.
» Go to My Web Sites and click Add more Web sites
» Paste the website URL you copied; Tip - control v
(Windows) or command v (Mac)
» Name your magazine article and click Add Web site
» Continue to add magazine articles from other Encyclopedia Articles you have saved to your Antarctica
project. Note: Not all encyclopedia articles will have links to Magazine Articles.
E-BOOKS:
E-book collection includes thousands of fiction and non-fiction E-books, with selections in seven languages,
many with the downloadable feature.
» On the home page, click on E-book Center located in the RESEARCH
TOOLS box.
» Type douglas mawson in the SEARCH BOX and click the Go button
» Tick
Home of the Blizzard and Save to My Research
» Click on Back to E-book Center home and type antarctica in the SEARCH BOX and click the Go button
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Click on Check All to tick
and Save to My Research - “The South Pole” Vols 1 & 2, Admundsen, Roald.
Note: E-books are saved under World Book Reference Center in your My Research “Antarctica” project.
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ANSWER KEY:
1. Antarctica is the coldest, highest, brightest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth.
2. Vinson Massif
3. Calving
4. Sea ice
5. Scientists recorded the world's lowest temperature, –89.2 °C, at Antarctica’s Vostok Station, on July 21,
1983.
6. Adélie penguin
7. Scott and Amundsen
8. B.E.S. Ninnis, who carried most of the group’s supplies, fell to his death, so the two survivors, Mawson
and Mertz, were left without provisions. Desperate for food, they killed and ate their sled dogs. However,
the constant diet of dog liver poisoned the two men with only Mawson surviving.
9. Antarctica territorial claims
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