Activities
Are you ready to follow a journey to Antarctica?
We’re setting sail on 13 October 2024 – sign up for your Ticket to Antarctica to get amazing weekly updates straight to your inbox.
Adam BradleyAre you a teacher?
We have loads for you to do in the classroom. Scroll down to find our teaching and youth group resources, and save 12 November in the diary for our live schools broadcast!
ResourcesPlay our game Iceberg Invaders
Have you got what it takes to sail Antarctica’s frozen seas? Keep RRS Sir David Attenborough on course, avoiding icebergs and doing science in our Space Invaders-style game.
Play Iceberg Invaders – opens in new tab
Pop on our playlist
Dive into our YouTube playlist of family-friendly videos, created by British Antarctic Survey – from the sights and sounds of Antarctica, to explaining the science we do there.
Listen to the playlist
Listen to Iceworld
Looking for your next podcast? From plumbers to paleobotanists, meet the ordinary people doing extraordinary jobs with British Antarctic Survey. Recorded at Rothera Research Station, the team talk extreme living, climate science, expeditions and becoming a community.
Listen to the podcast
For the classroom
Did you know you can sign up for Ticket to Antarctica with your class or youth group?
Just tick ‘I’m a teacher’ on the sign-up form and enter your group name. You’ll get advance notice of what topics are coming up in the weeks ahead, and tips about related teaching resources.
Weekly updates from the journey will arrive on Wednesdays, from 9 October.
Open day at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge
Pop into POP24 live in Antarctica
Register for the broadcast here
Mark 12 November at 9.55am in the diary!
Schools can join a live call with researchers on the RRS Sir David Attenborough and at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica, as part of the Protect Our Planet Day of broadcasts run by STEM Learning and the UK Space Education Office. Recommended for KS2 and KS3.
KS2-3
Ice Cool Cyber School
Access three existing ‘Live Lessons’ from BAS HQ on YouTube, broadcast with STEM Live. From a journey into our ice core freezer to exploring Rothera Research Station, these sessions are designed to be watched in the classroom. Save the date for the next session on Tuesday 26 November!
KS3-4
Discovering Antarctica
Developed with the Royal Geographical Society and IBG and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Polar Regions Unit, this interactive site is great for teachers introducing Antarctica to pupils, from geography and climate change to tourism and international relations. Check out the activities for teachers in the classroom.
