This site contains hands-on activities that explore the structure of glaciers. Students identify the contents of a glacier like those found in Patagonia; construct a mini glacier model in class; and compare and contrast the classroom model with Patagonian glaciers. Topics included in this page are: Instructional objectives, background materials, activity, procedure, evaluation and web resources. Educational levels: High school, Middle school, Intermediate elementary
This educational brief describes the nature and properties of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheet...
This website is part of National Geographic's Xpeditions Hall and includes lesson plans and activiti...
This site from SERC's Starting Point features Gallery Walk questions about glaciers. The questions e...
This lesson plan provides instruction to teachers for creating a glacier in the classroom to demonst...
This site features a collection of visual resources about glaciers. Diagrams, images and animations ...
This hands-on activity demonstrates the abrasive power of glaciers carrying rocks and sand. Its purp...
This site has something for everyone, from glaciologists to grade school students. It explores nearl...
The information on this site indicates that the life cycle of a glacier is more eventful than it app...
In this activity, students build on their growing knowledge of ice and glacier growth. The students ...
This site contains information about the continent of Antarctica. There is a classroom practice and ...
This website is a collection of units designed to teach students about the global importance of Anta...
In this lesson, students learn about the causes and effects of the melting ice formations in Antarct...
Students will utilize the Internet to take a virtual field trip to visit a glacier and discover what...
These activities present evidence, illustrations and visualizations for some of the changes in the E...
This module includes several lessons aimed at introducing ice science to students. In the first acti...
This educational brief describes the nature and properties of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheet...
This website is part of National Geographic's Xpeditions Hall and includes lesson plans and activiti...
This site from SERC's Starting Point features Gallery Walk questions about glaciers. The questions e...
This lesson plan provides instruction to teachers for creating a glacier in the classroom to demonst...
This site features a collection of visual resources about glaciers. Diagrams, images and animations ...
This hands-on activity demonstrates the abrasive power of glaciers carrying rocks and sand. Its purp...
This site has something for everyone, from glaciologists to grade school students. It explores nearl...
The information on this site indicates that the life cycle of a glacier is more eventful than it app...
In this activity, students build on their growing knowledge of ice and glacier growth. The students ...
This site contains information about the continent of Antarctica. There is a classroom practice and ...
This website is a collection of units designed to teach students about the global importance of Anta...
In this lesson, students learn about the causes and effects of the melting ice formations in Antarct...
Students will utilize the Internet to take a virtual field trip to visit a glacier and discover what...
These activities present evidence, illustrations and visualizations for some of the changes in the E...
This module includes several lessons aimed at introducing ice science to students. In the first acti...
This educational brief describes the nature and properties of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheet...
This website is part of National Geographic's Xpeditions Hall and includes lesson plans and activiti...
This site from SERC's Starting Point features Gallery Walk questions about glaciers. The questions e...