This article assembles free resources from the Learning from the Polar Past issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.

This article highlights children's literature about fossils, dinosaurs, archaeology, and paleontology for use in the elementary classroom.

This article highlights lessons and activities for elementary students about the people and cultures of the Arctic region.

This article includes integrated lessons, activities, and ideas for teaching about exploration and polar explorers in the elementary classroom.

This article highlights lessons and activities for elementary students about heat, insulation, and how animals and people stay warm in cold environments.

This article includes lessons that elementary teachers can use to build the foundations of climate literacy while meeting elementary science standards. Lessons are paired with literacy activities as well.

This article describes daily life and work at the IceCube telescope at the South Pole, Antarctica, and links to informational text about them. Versions are available for students in grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Related science and literacy activities are included.

This article discusses explicitly teaching and assessing listening comprehension skills in the elementary grades and provides templates for classroom use.

This article features children's literature about mammals and the mammals that live in the polar regions.

This part 1 of a QuickTime movie extends the concept of doubling based on the book "The King's Chessboard". The doubled numbers are also shown using exponents. The data is organized in a table. As you watch and listen to the teacher and students interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.

This resource offers six brief arithmetic lessons: sums less than ten, sums of ten, and sums between ten and twenty, doubling, zero, and a set of general practice problems.

Students can test their knowledge of even and odd numbers with these interactive practice problems.

Simple word problems challenge your subtraction skills. If you get stuck, use the clues and the number line for help.

This article describes a number of creative projects that incorporate art and literacy skills into a science unit on biomes and ecosystems.

In this podcast, learn how to address climate misconceptions and avoid the fear of climate change by using activities that inspire and empower students.

This article describes the importance of teaching students the strategy of note taking and includes a template for use with elementary students.

This article discusses a strategy to help elementary students organize information while doing research.

This article features children's literature about erosion, glaciers, earthquakes, and volcanoes for use in the elementary classroom.

This nonfiction article, written for students in grades 4-5, explores lichens: a partnership between an alga and a fungus. Modified versions are available for students in younger grades.

This article describes how the lifestyle of Alaska's Inupiat people have changed over time, and the new challenges they now face as a result of a changing climate. Versions are available for students in grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Related science and literacy activities are included.