Physics: Permafrost part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
Students learn what permafrost is, the implications of permafrost thawing due to climate change, and how to calculate heat diffusion through permafrost. Student activities include watching a video about permafrost, ...

Quantum mechanics: Polar spectra part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
Students learn about the greenhouse effect by examining a "forbidden" rovibrational band in the infrared emission spectra of Earth's atmosphere, recorded from the surface at South Pole Station. By ...

Economics: Sea level rise part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
This module is framed from the perspective of a city planner trying to determine how much to spend on a local seawall given different scenarios of sea level rise and the associated storm surge and higher flood ...

Thermodynamics: Sea ice melt part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
Students learn about thermodynamics topics through calculation of the amount of heat required to melt Arctic sea ice. They start by watching an online animation of changing polar ice with time. They next download ...

Economics: Total Economic Valuation of the Arctic part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
This module involves students conducting a partial replication of a paper from the peer reviewed journal, Ecosystem Services, that involves estimating the total economic value of ecosystem services in the arctic. ...

Tools and Methods in Environmental Science: Ice Cores part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
Students gain experience with tools and methods of Environmental science through exploring the paleoclimate record using ice cores as climate proxies. They learn what causes natural climate change and how it is ...

Modules part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
These Computational Guided Inquiry (CGI) modules are intended for undergraduate courses in Geosciences, Economics, Computer Science, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Environment Science, from ...

Statistics: Predicting Temperature part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
Students apply statistical tools to polar research and data. This includes creating scatterplots in RStudio of temperature with time for the modern Arctic and the modern global average, demonstrating polar ...

Computer Science: Images of Arctic ice part of PENGUIN:PENGUIN Modules
Students learn image-processing techniques and apply them to images of the Arctic in this intermediate-level module. They learn about climate change and its impacts on melting of polar sea ice, and explore ...