All About the Arctic

1. All About the Arctic By: Room 16

2. Arctic Land By: Nicholas

3. Arctic Sun • In the winter the sun never comes up • In the summer the sun never goes down

4. Permafrost • The frozen part of the Arctic is called permafrost • The land is too cold for many plants and animals

5. Tundra • In the summer, the permafrost turns into tundra

6. Interesting Facts • There is not a lot of precipitation • The trees and grass are small so they stay warm from the wind • The middle of the Arctic land is called THE FLAG TO HOME

7. Inuksuit By: Lauren and Molly

8. Inuksuit • Made of: • Rocks • Stones • Stacked on each other • Small or big • A single rock or several rocks

9. Inuksuit are used for… • Symbols • Signs of danger • Shows which way to go • Shows where food is • Marks good fishing and hunting places • Marks good resting places

10. Interesting Facts • More than one inuksuk is called inuksuit • The word inuksuk means "something which acts for or performs the function of a person"

11. More Interesting Facts • Law forbids people from destroying inuksuit • First inuksuk did not look like people

12. Northern Lights By: Christine & Daniel

13. What Creates the Northern Lights? • The sun releases some particles • Particles collide with gases in the atmosphere • The collision releases energy and light • When more particles of the sun reaches the earth the northern lights can be seen at the poles

14. Inuit Beliefs • Legends call them: • Battling warriors • Spirits • Dead souls • Signs that summer will return

15. Where Can You See the Northern Lights? • The closer you get to the Arctic Circle you can often see the northern lights • If you see light streaks of white, red and green that is part of the northern lights • A nice place to see the northern lights is where the tundra is

16. Northern lights look like ghosts swirling in the sky. The real name of the northern lights is Aurora Borealis.

17. Hunting and Fishing By: Grayson and Mihai

18. Hunting and Fishing • The Inuit people eat seals and fish • The people who live on the coast hunt caribou, foxes, rabbits and fish – trout • In the summer the people who lived on the coast hunt fish – halibut, seals, walruses, sea lions, right whales, bowhead whales, and hump back whales. • The Inuit made weapons out of caribou antlers they made them into harpoons

19. What did the hunters believe? • Hunters respected the spirit of each animal they kill • Before butchering a seal they would always offer them a fresh drink of water or they think vegetables would not grow

20. Arctic Games By: Malcolm James Sharman

21. Inuit Contests • Inuit do different contests: • Wrestling • Toe jump • Finger pull • To develop skills like: • Strength • Hunting • Coordination

22. Inugait • a bone game using seal flipper bones • every bone represents something – either people or igloo or other things • bag made from seal skin • adults tell stories with the bones

23. Ajuttaq • Game is just like football • Same as football the different is only the name so really there is not a difference

24. Ajagaq • Ring and pin game • Tests certain skills like coordination • Goal is to toss the large bone and catch it on the bone spike

25. Interesting Facts • Children play on broken ice • Broken ice by the tide risk that children will fall in the water • Water is close to 32 F or even lower • Inuit children make their toys out of scrap

26. Seals By: Selena and Jason

27. What Seals Look Like • A seal looks like a whale except it is very smooth • Seals have pointy whiskers • Seals have a lot of blubber • Fur is water proof • Adult males can weight up to 600 pounds • Adult females can weight up to 300 pounds

28. Seal Colonies • Pups are born in the spring • All seals live in colonies • Mother seals go under water and make sure polar bears are not near so seals can have their pups • Seals sleep floating out on the water • Seals rest on ice and live on snow • `

29. Seal Food • Seals eat: • Fish • Baby seals • Shellfish • Shrimp • Squid

30. Seal Predators • The great white shark eats seals • Polar bears hunt seals • Inuit people hunt seals for their blubber and skin • To stay safe, seals can hold their breath under water for up to 20 minutes

31. Musk Ox By: Ashley and Emily

32. Where Do Musk Oxen Live? • Musk oxen live in Alaska • Musk oxen live in the far north • Musk oxen don’t live somewhere warm and sunny

33. Food • Musk oxen eat plants • They are vegetarian

34. Musk Oxen Predators • Musk oxen predators are: • Polar bears • Arctic wolves • Arctic foxes • People

35. Interesting Facts • Musk oxen have one calf every two years • Musk oxen circle around with heads pointed out when predators are near

36. Polar Bears By Emma, Jai and Zarah

37. Polar Bears Look Like: • Black with a clear coat • Black nose • Sharp nails • Do not change colour • Short, furry ears

38. Survival and Habitat • It has a fur coat • Eat lots of food • Dig hole under snow called a den • Cubs and mom snuggle in the den • Dens are long and narrow

39. Prey and Predator • Uses left paw to kill • Bears eat seal blubber • Bears eats flesh during hard times • Only predators are humans

40. Cubs • January or December cubs are born • Mom doesn’t go far from cubs • Mom bear cleans up after cubs

41. Snowy Owl By Kenya and Jenna

42. What They Look Like • Gorgeous white plumage helps it hide in the Arctic habitat • They don’t have a lot of pigment in their feathers • Males have white feathers and females have black feathers • About 6 feet and 2 inches in length • Feathered feet and toes provide protection from the Arctic cold

43. What They Sound Like • They sound like: • "hoo-hoo" • "kruff-guh-guh-guk " • "hooo-uh, hoo-uh " • " wuh-wuh-wuh"

44. Baby Snowy Owls • Chicks are dark and spotted • Breed in the Arctic tundra • Females lay 3 to 11 eggs • Live for about 9.5 years in the wild • 35 years in captivity

45. Hunting • Snowy owls eat lemmings • If there are lots of lemmings they stay in the Arctic • If not they fly south for winter • The snowy owl hunts in the high Arctic • An adult may eat 4 or 5 lemmings a day • In a year a snowy owl may eat 1,600 lemmings • Snowy owls don’t fuss with their food • Unlike most owls, the snowy owl hunts both day and night • The snowy owl is a patient hunter that will sit and wait for their prey • They catch their prey on the ground, in the air, or they grab them on top of the water

46. Arctic Wolf By Nick and Jada

47. Wolf Appearance • There are three kinds of wolves: • Red wolf • Grey wolf • Arctic wolf • Wolves have different coats: red, grey and white • Wolves look like domestic dogs

48. Families • There are two alpha wolves • There are about eight to eighteen members in a pack • Wolves help each other to hunt • The wolf only attacks people when people bother them • Males fight for females to get mates • When wolf puppies are born they are blind but they can smell very well • Wolf puppies are born in spring

49. Food A wolf is a carnivore Wolves eat: Bugs Caribou Deer Doll sheep Musk oxen

50. Enemies • People hunt Arctic wolves for their pelts • Birds will eat the pups if mother is not watching • Bears will attack wolves if wolves attack their cubs