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 Bradley Are you a teacher?
We have loads for you to do in the classroom. Scroll down to find our teaching and youth group resources.
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.
Watch 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
The Seventh Continent
Listen to this magical album that combines the sounds of Antarctica with beautiful new music! From crunching ice to the bellowing of elephant seals, travel on an aural expedition with BAS PhD student Kat Turner and composer Kim Cunio.
Listen to the album
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
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.
