Good morning, welcome to our series sharing Homeschool Resources: Geography, Social Studies, Antarctic and Presidents. I would like to ask you to check out the resources below and let me know if you’ve used these resources with your students.
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Discovering Antarctica– Grades 2-10, with parental supervision
Take an interesting trip discovering Antarctica with this website from the Royal Geographical Society with IBG in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Using the menu, navigate to the different topics to explore which include:
- Introducing Antarctica – Imagining Antarctica; What, where, why?
- Oceans, Atmosphere, Landscape – A changing climate; glaciation; ice, land and sea; atmosphere, weather and climate
- Ecosystems and Foodwebs – Beneath the waves; Ecosystems
- Science and Exploration – Journey South; Living in Antarctica Today; Pole to Pole; and more
- Tourism – Destination Antarctica
- Challenges – Antarctica Under Pressure; Sustainability; What future for Antarctica?
This is an excellent resource for your geography studies about the continent of Antarctica.
American Presidents-Life Portraits– Grades 5-12, with parental supervision
Discover the lives of our American Presidents from Washington to Biden with this website from C-SPAN based on the Peabody award-winning series.
When arriving at today’s link, use the drop-down menu on the right of the President’s name to select a President and learn a little about each one. Each ‘portrait’ includes:
- A portrait of the President
- Personal information about him
- Public service record
- A “Did You Know?” section with a few interesting tidbits
The meat of this site is the full-length video documentaries (each one is 2 hours long) accessed when you select the link under the portrait. (Please note that at the writing of this review there are no videos yet for George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, or Joe Biden.) On each page, visitors will find links to other related videos.
This website provides an excellent resource for your Presidential studies.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
