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Books in our Library on Antarctica

Polar Creatures by Robert Frederick
Call Number: 591.998 POL

ISBN: 075547077X
Polar Regions by Steve Parker
Call Number: 577.586 PAR

ISBN: 1845389557
Polar Animals by Susan Mansfield
Call Number: 591.998 MAN

ISBN: 1741645301
Ice, wind, Rock: Douglas Mawson in the Antarctic by Peter Gouldthorpe
Call Number: 910.92 MAW

ISBN: 0734411553
Journey to Antarctica by Julie Haydon
Call Number: 919.8 HAY

ISBN: 1869614887
Arctic Tundra and Polar Deserts by Chris Woodford
Call Number: 577.0911 WOO

ISBN: 1844211487
Douglas Mawson: Explorer for Science by Adrian Magee
Call Number: 998 MAW

ISBN: 1863910832
The Heart of the World: Antarctica by Coral Tulloch
Call Number: 998 TUL

ISBN: 0733309127
Antarctica: Exploration by Greg Reid
Call Number: 998.9 REI

ISBN: 0732997224
Antarctica: The Frozen Continent by Greg Reid
Call Number: 998.9 REI

ISBN: 0732997240
Antarctica: Ecosystems by Greg Reid
Call Number: 998.9 REI

ISBN: 0732997232
Antarctica: Human Impacts by Greg Reid
Call Number: 998.9 REI

ISBN: 0732997259
Antarctica by Michael and Jane Pelusey
Call Number: 998.9 PEL

ISBN: 0732991749
The Poles and Oceans by Blake Education
Call Number: 998 POL

ISBN: 1921367075
Race to the Pole by Meredith Hooper
Call Number: 998 HOO

ISBN: 0340785055
Polar Lands by Claire Watts
Call Number: 998 WAT

ISBN: 1843010097
Introducing Antarctica by Anita Ganeri
Call Number: 998 GAN

ISBN: 1406262943
Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester
Call Number: 998.9 LES

ISBN: 9780670880683
Polar Regions by Louise Spilsbury
Call Number: 918.8 SPI
Meet Douglas Mawson by Mike Dumbleton; Snip Green (Illustrator)
Call Number: PB MEE

ISBN: 9780857981950

Publication Date: 2014-10-01

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Antarctic Animals
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Meet the Microbes
Antarctic Animal Adaptations
Hibernation: What is it?

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Books in our Library on Microorganisms

Fighting Infectious Diseases by Robert Sneddon
Call Number: 616.9 SNE
Bacteria Book: Gross germs, vile viruses and funky fungi by Steve Mould
ISBN: 9780241316580
The World of the Cell by Robert Sneddon
Call Number: 571.6 SNE
Plants and Fungi by Robert Sneddon
Call Number: 571.2 SNE
Decomposers by Megan Lappi
Call Number: 577.16 LAP
Microlife that Lives in Soil by Steve Parker
Call Number: 579 PAR
Microlife that Rots Things by Steve Parker
Call Number: 579 PAR
Microlife that Helps Use by Steve Parker
Call Number: 579 PAR
Microlife that Makes us Ill by Steve Parker
Call Number: 579 PAR
Micro Bugs by Paul Harrison
Call Number: 579 HAR
Microscopic Monsters by Nick Arnold
Call Number: Quick Reads
The War Against Germs by Josepha Sherman
Call Number: 616.01 SHE

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Marvellous Micro-organisms by Australian Academy of Science
Call Number: 579.07 MAR

This primary science teachers resource explores what makes an organism suited to a particular environment? View a range of animals and plants to investigate adaptations that improve their chance of survival.

Link the adaptation which might be an external structure, an internal structure or an exhibited behaviour to its function (purpose).

Explore strategies of migration or hibernation that animals have developed to deal with temporary or seasonal changes to physical conditions of their habitat.