The Museum of Science's Lyman Library specializes in science education and has an extensive collection of teacher resource materials. Here is a sample of materials from our collection about Antarctic explorations. Educators in New England can borrow books for four weeks and videos for two weeks; visit or email the library for details on borrowing materials.

Kids' Books The Antarctic by Cheryl Hook. Broomal, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 2002. Antarctica by Gail Stewart. New York: Crestwood House, 1991. Antarctica: The Last Frontier by Geoffrey Williams. Los Angeles, CA: P.S. Sloan, 1992. Arctic and Antarctic by Barbara Taylor. Eyewitness series. Dorling Kindersley, 1991. Braving the Frozen Frontier: Women Working in Antarctica by Rebecca L. Johnson. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1997. Climate Change: Our Impact on the Planet by Simon Scoones. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 2002. Desert of Ice: Life and Work in Antarctica by W. John Hackwell. New York: Scribner, 1991. Global Warming: The Threat of Earth's Changing Climate by Laurence Pringle. New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Global Warming: A Threat to Our Future by Paul Stein. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2001. Global Warming : Understanding the Debate by Kenneth Green. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2002. The Greenhouse Effect : Life on a Warmer Planet by Rebecca Johnson. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 1990. Greetings from Antarctica by Sara Wheeler. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1993. Our Endangered Earth : What We Can Do to Save It by John Langone. Boston : Little Brown, 1992. Our Endangered Planet: Antarctica by Suzanne Winckler. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1992. Pioneering Frozen Worlds by Sandra Markle. New York: Atheneum, 1996. Science on the Ice: an Antarctic Journal by Rebecca L. Johnson. Minneapolis, Lerner, 1995. Super Cool Science: South Pole Stations, Past, Present, and Future. New York: Walker and Company, 1998. Trapped by the Ice!: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure by W. John Hackwell. New York: Walker & Co., 1997.

Teacher Resources The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change by Paul Andrew Mayewski and Frank White. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002. Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach by William James Burroughs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Forecasting the Future: Exploring Evidence for Global Climate Change by Stephen Birch. Arlington, VA : NSTA, 1996. Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by James Haley. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2002. The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change by Paul Mayewski and Frank White. University Press of New England, 2002. The Great Ice Age: Climate Change and Life by R.C. L. Wilson, S. A. Drury, and J. L. Chapman. London: Routledge, 2000. Penguins and Their Young. GEMS Series. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Hall of Science, 1995. Preschool-Grade 1. Penguins: A Theme Unit by Robin Bernard. Jefferson City, MO: Scholastic, 1994. Grades 1-3. Teaching about Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. Toronto: New Society Publishers, 2001.   Videos Antarctic Animals: Living on the Edge. 3-2-1 Classroom Contact, 1991. 15 min. Antarctic Challenge. SelectVideo Challenge, 1987. 23 min. Antarctic Wildlife Adventure. National Geographic, 1996. 60 min. Antarctica. IMAX, 1991. 40 min. Antarctica: Getting to the South Pole. 3-2-1 Classroom Contact, 1991. 15 min. Arctic and Antarctic. Dorling Kindersley, 1996. 15 min. Global Warming: Schlessinger, 1993. 23 min. Penguin World. Unapix Consumer Products, 1992. 45 min. Polar Prowl. National Geographic Really Wild Animals, 1994. 45 min. Shackleton's Boat Journey. Milestone Film & Video, 2000. 31 min. South: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic. Milestone Film & Video, 1988. 88 min.

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