1. The Polar Regions The Artic and the Antarctic

2.  To identify where these regions are  To understand why the climate is as it is there  To be able to describe the landscape there  To know what people live there  To know what animals live there  To know what dangers face these regions in the future Aims

6. Tundra

7. Taiga

8.  Arctic – 66.5N (Arctic Circle ) - 90°C N  Antarctica - 66.5 (Antarctic Circle) -90 °S  Tundra – 66.5 °N - 80° N also Antarctica and Alpine Tundra  Taiga – 50 °N – 70°N Polar Regions

10. Vocabulary  Polar region  North Pole  South Pole  Artic  Arctic circle  Antarctic Circle  Antartica  Polar Night  Midnight sun  Polargebeit  Nordpol  Südpol  Arktis  Polarkreis  Südlicher Polarkreis  Antarktis  Polarnacht  Mitternachtsonne