For teachers
Are you ready to take your class on a journey to Antarctica?
Follow the journey of a lifetime, with curriculum-linked resources, to take your class on the ultimate field trip – all without leaving your classroom!
We’re scheduled to depart for the frozen continent at the start of October 2025 – sign up for Ticket to Antarctica to get brrrr-illiant weekly updates straight into your inbox.
Did you know you can sign up as a class or a school? Just tick “I am a teacher and would like to be signposted to educational resources” 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.
Adam Bradley New for 2025
Follow the journey with specially created curriculum-linked resources for Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, with topics including adaptation, the journey to Antarctica and global ecosystems.
Key Stage 2
Explore why the polar biome is so unique, and how climate change is impacting Antarctica.
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
Develop your pupils’ GIS skills by planning a trip to Antarctica, and debate the opportunities and challenges of tourism in this fragile environment.
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Explore why Antarctica matters on a global scale, as well as threats to Antarctic biodiversity and efforts to conserve it.
Key Stage 4
For the classroom
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 Thursday 27 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.
Interested in both poles? Check out Discovering the Arctic.
We are grateful to our partners at the FCDO Polar Regions Unit and Royal Geographical Society for their support on the production of Ticket to Antarctica.
