Level 4

Discover Our Place, Scott Base! Learn about science on the ice, wildlife, the new Scott Base, climate change and more with this Antarctic activity book.

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Design & Innovation
• Sustainability
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Where Memories Sleep tells the story of New Zealand’s important relationship with Antarctica, and explores the impact of climate change.

• The Arts
• Level 5
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• Level 7
• Level 8

Explore Sir Ed Hillary’s Hut through a new, ground-breaking virtual reality experience. Step inside this 1957 iconic building and see what was life like living in the world’s most extreme environment

• Literacy
• Science
• Geography
• History
• Design & Innovation
• Citizenship
• Enterprise
• Level 5
• Level 6
• Level 7
• Level 8

Sonny visits some of Antarctica's historic huts to see where science on ice first began and hears from the scientists working to understand climate change.

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 3

Sonny gets a tour of Scott Base, home away from home for all kiwis in Antarctica. He learns how they turn sea water into drinking water and how they use poo-eating bugs to deal with the waste.

• Literacy
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 3

Sonny heads to McMurdo Station and the famous Crary Lab where he learns about the mysterious world of sea slugs and spiders, and the scientists diving underwater in the Antarctic to study them.

• Literacy
• The Arts
• Science
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Sonny catches a helicopter to meet some of Antarctica's adelie and emperor penguins, tries out a loo with a view and helps the scientists by collecting some penguin poo.

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 3

Sonny travels to the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, camps out on the ice and meets a 'seal whisperer', even hearing the songs of seals underwater.

• Level 2
• Level 3
• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Sustainability

Use the images on this activity sheet to tell the story of Shackleton's adventure!

• Literacy
• The Arts
• Level 3

Science on Ice: Episode Five- Lesson Plan

• Literacy
• The Arts
• Science
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Explorer stories - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 5

• Literacy
• The Arts
• Science
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Science on Ice: Episode Four - Lesson plan

• Literacy
• Science
• Mathematics
• Level 2
• Level 3

Guess the microorganisims - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 4

• Literacy
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 3

How to shop for Scott Base - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 4

• Literacy
• Science
• Mathematics
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Science on Ice: Episode Two lesson plan

• Literacy
• The Arts
• Science
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Draw an Antarctic Sea Pig - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 3

• The Arts
• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Level 3

Label a Sea Spider and understand how it functions! Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 3

• Science
• Level 3

Match the scientists to the science - Part of Lesson Plan for Science on Ice: Episode 3

• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3

Science on Ice: Episode Two lesson plan

• Natural Physical World
• Science
• Level 2
• Level 3

Science on Ice: Episode One lesson plan

• Science
• Natural Physical World
• Level 2
• Level 3