KNOWLEDGE TYPE: declarative, procedural

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn about the characteristics of the polar and high mountain climates in general and their location and presence on the American continent in particular

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the polar climate is the coldest on earth. The winters are long and harsh: temperatures vary between -20ºC and -50ºC. The summers barely exist. Precipitation is scarce, around 300 mm, and it falls in the form of snow

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that blizzards and violent storms are frequent in the polar climate

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:prior knowledge of the subject "Location and distribution of the influence of the polar climate in America" is required. The subject must have been previously taught by the teacher in class and the students must have already acquired the necessary knowledge

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the polar climate is also known as the "Polar ice cap climate" and the mountain climate is known by the same name in Arthur Strahler's climate classification

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the "polar ice cap climate" occurs in Greenland and the northernmost islands of northern Canada, in the north, and in the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the southern hemisphere