Polar Climates
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Provided by: CK-12|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this interactive textbook lesson, students will discover different types of polar climates, where they occur on Earth, and the types of organisms that can survive in very cold polar climates.
- Students will learn terminologies, such as permafrost, tundra, ice caps, and alpine.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography
Authors: CK-12
Region: North America, Polar Regions
Languages: English
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Positives
- Students can work at their own pace through this self-guided textbook lesson, interacting with useful questions throughout.
- Figures and graphics are included to illustrate the text.
- Students can check their understanding by taking an interactive quiz at the end of the lesson.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students must sign in to access some interactive features.
- The video at the end of the lesson is an audio file with just one image of polar bears accompanying the audio. Some students may have a hard time focusing on just listening to the audio, so turning on subtitles may help.
Differentiation
- In biology classes, students could choose a plant or animal that lives in a polar region and make a slideshow presentation to explain how the organism survives in such extreme conditions.
- Students could use this interactive data resource from NASA to learn how climate change is affecting ice sheets in polar regions.
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