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Cold places: what is it like at the North and South Poles?

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This unit explores the North and South Poles through their locations, climates, landscapes, wildlife and ways of life. Pupils learn to compare the Arctic and Antarctic using maps, images and geographical vocabulary to describe features of cold environments.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Cold places: what is it like at the North and South Poles?

This unit explores the North and South Poles through their locations, climates, landscapes, wildlife and ways of life. Pupils learn to compare the Arctic and Antarctic using maps, images and geographical vocabulary to describe features of cold environments.

8 lessons
  1. Living in the Antarctic
  2. The South Pole and the Antarctic
  3. The world's cold places
  4. The North Pole and the Arctic
  5. Locating the North and South Poles
  6. Living in the Arctic
  7. Arctic wildlife
  8. Antarctic wildlife