Geography Mystery: Polar Climate Zone with ELA and Art Project

MYSTERY LOCATION REVEALED BELOW:

Your students will be dropped off in...

❄️ANTARCTICA!❄️

In this geography mystery project, your students will be "dropped off" in a mysterious location somewhere in the POLAR CLIMATE.

They'll discover clues about their location through 3 reading passages with comprehension questions:

❄️What's the reading on your compass?

❄️What can you see through your binoculars?

❄️What wildlife is around you?

❄️How cold is it?

After answering these comprehension questions (and more), students pull out their "Pocket Guides."

Inside, they will find details about wildlife, temperature, and the Koppen climate zones. They will need to read the Pocket Guide and Climate Map to decipher valuable information.

From here, they will "chart" their findings onto a Venn Diagram to determine...

"WHERE AM I?"

Once they've discovered their mystery location, they'll create their own 3D habitat representing the landscape and wildlife through ART!

Do you think your students will discover the location before they freeze?

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

❄️ 3 Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions

❄️ 1 Double-sided Pocket Guide with Climate Map

❄️ 1 Digital Version of the Pocket Guide for a low-printing option

❄️ 1 Chart It Worksheet with Venn Diagram

❄️ 2 Project Piece Worksheets for the 3D Habitat

❄️ 1 Teacher Guide

❄️ 1 Independent Student Guide

❄️ 1 Project Explanation (with colored examples)

❄️ 1 Supplies List

❄️ 1 Freebie!

HOW TO USE:

❄️ Geography Lesson - Kids will learn how to use a compass, binoculars, thermometer, pocket guide, and how to read a climate map—Koppenall in one lesson!

❄️ Climate Zone Application - If you're studying climate zones, this critical-thinking project is a perfect way to assess student retention.

❄️ Polar Habitat Project - Learning about Antarctica or penguins? Grab this project to complete over the course of a week!

❄️ Collaborative Project - With the reading passages, Pocket Guide, and Chart being digital, you can easily work through this geography mystery as a family.

❄️ Independent Project - You may not want to miss this exciting project, but if you need to teach another child, this is a perfect independent project! With the Teacher Guide and Student Guide, your upper elementary child will know what to do.

If you want more Antarctica, don't forget to check out my other bundles.

Hope you have fun, Geography Detectives!

-Abbey Allen

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