The North Pole and the Arctic
I can locate and talk about the Arctic Circle using maps and globes, and describe seasonal changes.
The North Pole and the Arctic
I can locate and talk about the Arctic Circle using maps and globes, and describe seasonal changes.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The Arctic Circle is an imagined circle around the North Pole that surrounds the area known as the Arctic.
- Much of the Artic Ocean around the North Pole is frozen sea ice, two to three metres thick, but this reduces in summer.
- The northern edges of three continents: North America, Europe and Asia, can be found within the Arctic Circle.
- The Arctic Summer has almost continuous daylight and the winter almost continuous darkness.
Keywords
Arctic Circle - The most northerly major line of latitude.
Arctic Ocean - The smallest of the world’s main oceans, much of it is frozen during its winter months.
Permanent ice - This is ice which never thaws, even in summer time.
Midnight sun - The 24 consecutive hours of sunlight during the Arctic or Antarctic summer.
Common misconception
The Arctic is just at the North Pole.
The Arctic is all the area within the Arctic circle, which includes parts of Europe, North America and Asia.
Licence
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