Antarctica Worksheets for Kids

Description

Take a closer look at the coldest continent with this printable Antarctica worksheet pack. The 5 activities combine geography, research, map skills, and puzzles to help kids learn about Antarctica beyond just its location on a world map.

What’s Included

• Antarctica map labeling worksheet
• Antarctica fact sheet and research activity
• Famous Antarctica explorers research and biography worksheet
• Antarctica word search
• Antarctica word scramble
• Answer sheets

The map activity asks students to identify important locations and physical features including the South Pole, Antarctic Peninsula, Ross Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea, East Antarctica, and West Antarctica, as well as draw and label a compass rose.

The fact sheet encourages further research into Antarctica’s size, population, climate, mountains, oceans, territorial claims, and why Antarctica is considered a desert.

Students can also choose a famous Antarctic explorer to research and write a short biography. The worksheet includes explorers such as Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, James Clark Ross, Richard Evelyn Byrd, and Douglas Mawson.

The word search and word scramble add an easier way to review Antarctic vocabulary, explorers, landmarks, and features after completing the research activities.

These Antarctica worksheets work well for upper elementary and middle school geography, polar studies, continent units, or independent research.

Your purchase includes a printable PDF for one teacher or parent, for use with your own children or students.