Based on the book by Mary Pope Osborne

Directions: Bookmark this web page. Use the links provided to find the answers to the questions.
Write your answer on the answer sheet. Use the bookmark to return to this page for the next question. printer version

1. A snowy owl visits Annie and Jack. I live in Pennsylvania, just like the kids in the story.

How often might I see a snowy owl? Look at the map.
Circle the best answer.

All the time. Snowy owls live in Pennsylvania all year round.

You might see one in winter.

It would be a big surprise to see one.

2. Jack reads in Adventure in the Arctic that in the summer there can be
24 hours of daylight in the Arctic.

For how many months is there no sunlight in the Arctic?

For how many months per year is there no sunlight in the your community?

How many hours of darkness will there be in the Arctic today?

3. The children explore the tundra habitat. There is lots of snow precipitation.

Name another habitat that has the same amount of precipitation as the tundra.
Use the chart on the Tundra Facts page.

Contrast: What are some ways that the Tundra habitat is different from your habitat?

4. The children are grateful when a man brings them warm clothes.

What are the boots called?

5. Describe how the people of the Arctic use igloos today.

6. The man takes the kids for a ride on his dogsled.
He yells, "Mush!" to tell the dogs to go.

What would he yell to tell them to turn right?

How about to stop?

7. Jack and Annie play with polar bear cubs. Write two facts about polar bears.

8. Annie and Jack found themselves on a sheet of thin ice. It was cracking.
What does the saying "You are on thin ice" mean?
(Use the dictionary to look it up. Enter: on thin ice. Click Find.)

9. For a place so very cold and dark, there sure are a lot of animals living there.
Write the names of some animals that live in the Arctic.

Challenge yourself. Do not write any that are mentioned in the story.

10. Learn about A Day in the Life of an Inuit Child from a kid just like you!
Write the things both you and an Inuit child do.

Arctic Adventures:

Watch the video about Arctic Travel at the Newton's Apple web site.
What do you think is the biggest challenge to traveling this way?

Visit the Tundra Facts web site. | Explore Earth's Polar Regions

Try the Wild Arctic Fun Activity. | Do these cool activities based on the book.

You have read the book. Now do the crossword puzzle.

Polar Bear Myths and Misconceptions

Wild Arctic Fun Guide - lots of interesting activities from SeaWorld.

Learn about Auroras | Mushers Math | Polar Match game | Write a postcard for Jack or Annie

Winter Facts Internet Hunt | Winter Song Activity | Descriptive Writing using a painting by Coppedge

Polar Patterns: Day, Night and Seasons | Winter Scene Writing

Offline:

Jack and Annie often go off on these adventures without telling their parents.
Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Explain your answer.

Is this book an example of narrative, persuasive or informative writing?

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2005 Cynthia J. O'Hora Educators may print a hunt, exactly as it appears, for use in a classroom setting. posted January 2005, Updated 5/2009