The Ice Road Truckers, Season 2 has begun so we are ready to start our unit on The NorthWest Territories.Vocabulary: Yellownife, auorora borealis, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, permafrost
Questions:
What is the difference between a province and a territory?
Why are so many supplies need in the NWT?
What are auroras borealis?
How many hours of light are there in the NWT? winter & summer soltice? spring and fall equinox?
When was the NWT formed?
Who governs the NWT?
Who lives in the NWTs?
What animals live in the NWTs? birds? amphimbians/reptiles? insects/arachnids? mammals?
What are the average temperatures? winter & summer soltice? spring and fall equinox?
Resources:
http://www.gov.nt.ca/
"Truckers in a dangerous clime" The National Post, March 4, 2009, http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1351223
