Arctic and Antarctic animals unit for Grades 1-3 (Years 2-4): polar animal fact files, maps, an adaptations investigation, levelled reading and writing about the two polar regions.

Pupils locate the poles, learn why polar bears and penguins never meet, and test how blubber keeps animals warm.

What is included (35 pages, colour and ink-friendly versions)

• Teacher guide with learning goals, suggested sequence and differentiation
• Two Polar Regions map and Find the Poles activity
• 10 animal fact files with a question: polar bear, Arctic fox, Arctic hare, walrus, narwhal, emperor penguin, Adelie penguin, Weddell seal, leopard seal, Antarctic krill
• Arctic or Antarctic? cut-and-sort with polar animal cards
• Built for Polar Life: adaptations chart (fur, blubber, feathers, camouflage)
• The Blubber Glove investigation with a science record sheet
• Compare the Polar Regions Venn diagram
• Levelled reading: Two Cold Homes (level 1) and Surviving at the Poles (level 2, with a food chain), each with questions
• Vocabulary picture cards, My Favourite Polar Animal report, 6-page mini book
• Answer keys and teacher science references

Ways to use

• A two-week winter science unit on animals and habitats
• Geography lessons on the North and South Poles
• Literacy centres: non-fiction reading and report writing
• Hands-on science afternoon with the blubber glove

PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.