ANTARCTICA Polar Explorers South Pole Race Story Banjo & Goggle Craft
Learn about the famous explorers of Antarctica with standup cutouts and create your own vintage snow goggles and learn about the polar gear used during the Heroic Age. Practice early reading by reading the story of the Scott/Amundsen race to the South Pole. Experiment with various forms of early snow travel with faux snow and test hypothesis and record experiment results in a STEM-themed activity.
Consider what you would bring on a trip to Antarctica and make a banjo craft of the famous banjo that kept moral up after Shackleton's ship was lost in the ice. Play checkers, a board game used during polar explorations. Finally try your hand at making hoosh, a common meal made from pemmican, biscuits and melted snow.
Includes 20 pages of resources - also included in the ANTARCTICA Activity Book/e-book.