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Fun Fact of the Day

DID YOU KNOW?
In Greenland, there are basically two ways of covering long distances – aircraft/helicopter and ship. There are no roads connecting its towns.

Today’s Activity

Stop Light Skiing

In this activity when the teacher holds up the red light (or says red light), students must “ski uphill”.  When the teacher holds up the yellow light, students can ski cross country on level fields, and on the green light, students downhill ski as fast as they can all around the gym or classroom. This activity is great for a warm up and to get the students using their imagination on how they ski/move their bodies in relation to different slopes.

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Fun Fact of the Day

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Greenland is one of the least inhabited areas of the world. There are only about 150 towns and villages in all of Greenland.

Today’s Activity

Explorers: Sarah and Eric McNair-Landry

For our last Terrific Exploration Thursday we are going to learn a little about a couple of modern explorers. This brother and sister duo were raised up exploring by having Arctic guides as parents and the Baffin Island as a backyard. When Sarah was 21 and Eric 23, they decided to snowkite across Greenland’s ice sheet, which was about 2,414 km expedition. In order for them to start kiting they first had to hike four days dragging their equipment to the starting point. They then spent six weeks snowkiting across Greenland at speeds that sometimes reached up to 32 km/h! Sarah said that motivation for this trip was to inspire the next generation of explorers however, Sarah and Eric did claim some records from this trip. The first was that they were the first brother-sister team to cross the Ice Sheet, and the second was that Sarah is the youngest to do a south-to-north traverse.

Their trip to Greenland was not the only expedition they were greatly known for. They both also skied unassisted to the South Pole when they were teenagers and they explored the Gobi Desert by kite-buggy!

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The national dish of Greenland is boiled seal meat, along with rice and onions

Today’s Activity

There are so many ways you can be active throughout your daily life, from walking to school, playing different sports or just playing a game outside with your friends. Many of you probably have had an active adventure before or even an imaginary one.  For today’s writing activity, write a story about going on an active adventure.  You can describe where you went, what you did on your adventure, and who went with you.  Your adventure story can be something that happened in real life or an imaginary adventure too.

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Fun Fact of the Day

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The currency of Greenland is Danish krone

Today’s Activity

Greenland is the biggest island in the world and being an island it is completely surrounded by water! For today’s map activity label all the oceans and seas that surround Greenland.

Teacher Note: If you click here you will be sent to a website used before with maps of Greenland, one with the answers and another that is blank for the students to use.  You can also use the same one that the students labeled Gunnbjørn Fjeld and Nuuk on during the map activity on April 16^th.

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Longitude:-28.89575
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Fun Fact of the Day

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The highest point on Greenland is Gunnbjørn Fjeld at 3,700 m (12,139 ft). The majority of Greenland, however, is less than 1,500 m (4,921 ft) in elevation

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Longitude:-28.64777
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Fun Fact of the Day

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It was said that when Eric the Red the Viking choose the name “Greenland” to try and attractive Norwegian people to settle there