Easiteach Antarctica

Learning is an adventure with Easiteach Antarctica!  

This Australian Developed content pack has been designed for classrooms across Australia and the around the world to support the development of global awareness and problem solving skills. 

The lessons are suitable for students in junior primary through to upper secondary and integrated across a range of subjects. Easiteach Antarctica is grouped into six topics; Environment, Management & Protection, Exploration & Discovery, Natural History, Special Studies and Maps.

It provides a platform for students to explore science, global issues, responsibilities, historical events and the intricate natural environment,working as individuals, in groups or through whole class activities.  As a unit of work Easiteach Antarctica will develop the essential knowledge, skills and behaviours students need to prepare for further education, work and life.

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How Can Easiteach Antarctica Help You?

Easiteach Antarctica includes a cleverly designed chart called the Curriculum Links Poster to help teachers identify the activity most useful for their classes.  The Curriculum Links Poster groups each topic by Age Group, School Year Level, and a description of the Learning Objective addressed by the topic.

Each Easibook contains activities designed to support the teaching of Geography and History as well as the disciplines of Science and Literacy/English through interactive inquiry based learning. The content pack makes use of Easiteach features to develop subject discipline skills in an interactive and engaging way. It promotes discussion opportunities that develop understanding of Antarctica’s fragile landscape, its historical imprint and importance in predicting the future state of the planet.

Easiteach Antarctica Content

To use the content pack you must already have Easiteach installed on your computer.

Easiteach Antarctica is made up of 24 Easibooks divided into 6 topics that are supported by extensive video coverage and unique resources.

Environment Increase understanding of the Antarctic environment, what an iceberg is and the measurement of temperature Glaciology.
Management & Protection Increase understanding of Antarctica as a place in which all inhabitants of the world have an interest including multinational cooperation in Antarctica for research, the Antarctic Treaty, Greenpeace in Antarctica and how fragile the Antarctic Treaty is.
Exploration & Discovery Investigate the part communication and transport in the exploration of Antarctica plays, trace the history of some forms of communication and transport, and research some of the modern forms of communication.
Natural History Increase understanding of the unique flora and fauna of Antarctica, the interrelationship between various species, the delicate balance and the impact of human activity on the ecosystem of Antarctica.
Special Studies Increase understanding of historical remnants (hut) to retrace events requiring its construction, and discover Heard Island of today via map and photos.
Maps Recognise how to locate the Arctic and Antarctic on a map and a globe, where the Polar Circles and Equator are, locate North and South Poles on a map and map various regions of Antarctica.