A Changing Arctic Ecosystem

The Arctic is warming more rapidly than anywhere else on Earth. One consequence of a warming Arctic is a dramatic decline in sea ice, an important habitat for many Arctic plants and animals. In this unit students will engage with 360° virtual reality tours, hands-on labs, and authentic Arctic datasets as they gather evidence to construct explanatory models for the unit driving question, "How might the decline in sea ice affect Arctic organisms large and small?" Context for Use: This 8-lesson middle/high school unit is centered around the anchoring phenomenon of a changing Arctic ecosystem, with each lesson time to NGSS Life Science Standards