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Current Issues: Antarctica

Texts

• Life on Earth (set)
  Rigby English Middle Primary B, Rigby Heinemann, 1999
  
  
• The Silence Calling
  Bowden, Tim., Allen & Unwin, 1997
  
  
• Huskies, Polar Sledge Dogs
  Chester, J., Margaret Hamilton Books,1994
  
  
• A for Antarctica
  Chester, J., Margaret Hamilton Books, 1994
  
  
• Explore Antarctica
  Crossley, L., Cambridge University Press, 1995
  
  
• World Wise - Famous People
  Demamiel, S., Macmillan, 1993
  
  
• World Wise - World Issues
  Demamiel, S., Macmillan, 1993
  
  
• Our World Heritage
  Gard, S., Middle Primary B, Rigby Heinemann, 1993(from Life on Earth unit)
  
  
• Dreaming of Antarctica
  Goodwin, J., Puffin, 1997
  
  
• Creatures of the Antarctic
  Gough, S., Upper Primary A, Rigby Heinemann,1992 (from Endurance: Life in the Snow unit)
  
  
• Antarctic Journal
  Hasick, D.J., ERA Publications, 1993 (big book/small books)
  
  
• Journey to the Antarctic
  Hooper, M., Scholastic, 1997
  
  
• Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
  Hurley, Allen & Unwin, 1998
  
  
• Discovering Antarctica (series): Plants and Animals, The Land, People, The Future
  Loves, J., Macmillan, 1997


• People in Antarctica
  McDonald, J., Upper Primary A, Rigby Heinemann,1994 (from Endurance: Life in the Snow unit)
  
  
• Ends of the Earth (series): Antarctica, The World's Remote and Wild Places
  McDonald, K., Reed Library, 1996
  
  
• Changing Our World (series): Clean Water, The Population Explosion, Preserving the Soil, Protecting the Air, Recycling Waste, Saving the Forests
  Morrissey, D., Macmillan, 1993
  
  
• Cruellest Place On Earth
  Nicholson, J., Allen & Unwin, 1994
  
  
• Habitat Communities (series)
  Porter, L. & Sprake, W., Macmillan, 1998
  
  
• Huskies in Harness
  Robinson, S. (ed), Kangaroo Press, 1995
  
  
• Arctic and Antarctica
  Taylor, B., Harper Collins, 1995
  
  
• Seals of the Blizzard
  Westerskov, K., Omnibus, 1997
  
  
• Dear Daniel: Letters from Antarctica
  Wheeler, S., Macdonald Young Books, 1998
  
  

Videos, CD-ROMs and Web Sites

• Weather in Australia
  Classroom Video, 1985 (20 min, Years 3-6)
  
  
• Antarctica
  Computer software, Aorake, 1994, (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Attenborough's Antarctic: An Exploration of Life in the Freezer
  BBC Multimedia 1997 (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Aussie Ecoranger
  New Horizons Educational, (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Sir Douglas Mawson: The Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
  Curriculum Resources Australia (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Virtual Antarctica Introduction
  Australian Antarctic Division
  Includes: Information about Australian Antarctic Division; Science; Expeditions; The Environment; Happening Now; Education Resources
  http://www.antdiv.gov.au/


• Aurora Expeditions
  http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/