Polar Journey

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 and builds strong informational reading skills through a detailed passage about Antarctica. Students learn about the continent’s extreme climate, massive ice coverage, unique wildlife, and global scientific importance while practicing main idea identification, detail recognition, inference, and scientific vocabulary comprehension within a nonfiction text.

Learning Goals

• Informational Text Comprehension (Grades 5-7) – Identify main ideas and supporting details in a structured scientific passage
• Earth Science Knowledge – Understand Antarctica’s climate, ice systems, and role in global weather patterns
• Scientific Vocabulary in Context – Interpret terms related to climate, ice, and polar environments
• Inference & Reasoning – Connect climate facts to real-world environmental effects

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support science and ELA curriculum standards
• Content-Rich Reading Practice – Integrates earth science concepts into literacy instruction
• Flexible Classroom Use – Suitable for science units, reading lessons, assessment, independent work, or homeschool learning
• Builds Nonfiction Confidence – Prepares students for more complex informational texts in later grades

This Polar Journey worksheet helps students develop a clear understanding of Antarctica while strengthening essential nonfiction reading skills. By analyzing scientific information, identifying key ideas, and making logical connections, learners build comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking. Ideal for classroom or homeschool settings, this printable resource offers meaningful practice that supports both scientific literacy and informational text mastery.