I love the ‘Animals in the Cold’ lesson. I teach Junior Infants and we look at this topic every winter. The children really enjoy it. We trap polar animals in ice and have them free them during play time. We also set up a polar animal small world area. Adding in the ‘Animals in the Cold’ lesson would add another dimension to our theme. We normally just focus on penguins but I love the idea of comparing and contrasting the white animals in the North Pole with the dark animals in the South Pole. Using Vaseline to show how penguins and polar bears repel water is something the children would really enjoy. This would lead on nicely to the What Clothes to Wear lesson. The children could think about how the penguin and the polar bear repel water and then use this knowledge to find a suitable waterproof material for teddy’s raincoat.