ANTARCTICA ASSIGNMENT

TERM 1, 2011

Topic: Why is Antarctica important and how are people trying to

protect it?
Contributing Questions
1.Where is Antarctica?
2. How do we use Antarctica?
3. What groups of people visit Antarctica?
4. What can we find in Antarctica?
5. What are the threats to this environment?
6. How have we discovered information about
Antarctica?

Outcomes:
ENS3.5, ENS3.6, SSS3.7, LTS3.3, INVS3.7, DMS3.8, UTS3.9
Students will be able to;
1. Appreciating the environment, one's personal relationship with it and one's responsibility
for its future.
2. Recognising the interdependence of people and the environment.
3. Showing commitment to ecologically sustainable development and lifestyles.
4. Being environmentally responsible.

After learning about Antarctica, your task is to answer the above question as detailed as
you possibly can. Use the contributing questions to help you. Think about the ways that
you can present this. You may choose ONE of these ideas. You must discuss this idea with
your teacher and your parents/guardians;

• Oral presentation
• Written report with illustrations
• Create a poster
• Book
• Video presentation (i-movie)
• Model (with information)
• Power-point presentation
• Web-page
• If you have another idea, you can discuss this with your teacher

You will need to cite where you found your information. This needs to be done in the
following way;
Heading: Bibliography
For Books: Author, name of book, date of publication –
eg, Clevelend, C, Living in Antarctica, 2003
For internet: Title of site, web address –
eg, Classroom Antractica, www.classroom.antarctica.gov.au

You will have time to work on this task at school but you may need to complete certain
parts at home. This will be part of your homework for 3 weeks.
This assignment is due on Tuesday, 29th March (Week 10)
 You will be marked on the following criteria;

Criteria 1 2 3
Continent No description of Describes where Describes where
where Antarctica is, Antarctica is, some Antarctica is, life in
life in Antarctica, life in Antarctica, Antarctica, nature
nature of Antarctica some nature of of Antarctica and
and why it is such a Antarctica and a why it is such a
different place from small comparison of different place from
Australia why it is such a Australia
different place from
Australia
Exploration Has no reference to Has minimal Describes early
early explorers or of description of early explorers and
Australia’s explorers and Australia’s
involvement. Australia’s involvement in
involvement. Antarctica
Environment Has no mention of Describes some Describes the
the animals and ecosystems and special
ecosystems found in animals in environmental
Antarctica. Antarctica. Has qualities and the
little mention of the major components of
special environment. the Antarctic
ecosystem including
food webs and
animals
Climate Has no mention of Describes the Describes the
the threats to the special climate but impact of climate
environment and the has minimal mention change, the threats
impact of climate of the threats to it. to the environment
change. and what people are
trying to do to
protect it.
Presentation Minimal effort put Some use of colour, Provides clear,
into presentation. pictures and interesting and a
No diagrams or stimulating material visually stimulating
pictures includes presentation. Use of
colour, diagrams and
text.
Information Information is Information is Information is
Gathering gathered from gathered from gathered from
electronic or non- limited sources multiple electronic
electronic sources and non-electronic
only sources and cited
properly.