Module 3 Sea Ice as an Indicator of Climate Change part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This module focuses on the differences between the Arctic and Antarctic in terms of physical factors like sea ice cover. This is the first polar content-heavy module of the course, and it relies on skills built in ...

Module 4 Polar Ecosystems part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This module follows logically from the previous and gives a biological context to sea ice. Students will review knowledge about seasonal trends in sea ice and learn how this impacts organisms that live in polar ...

Module 5 Human Dimensions in the Poles part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This unit covers the concept of bioaccumulation of contaminants in a food web, all the way up to humans. Students learn about what constitutes a contaminant, how contaminants can accumulate in an organism and move ...

Module 6 Capstone – Reversing the Process part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This final module is a capstone project where students have to use what they have learned up until now to create their own news article based on a data set they find. The idea behind this project is that students ...

Module 1 Living Narratives part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This module engages students with a variety of different viewpoints, encouraging them to understand how different people can view the world. Students will work in small groups to analyze a "living ...

Module 2 Introduction to R and Pair Programming part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This unit is designed to take students with no programming experience and introduce them to R, a programming environment commonly used by scientists for analyzing and visualizing data. By introducing students to ...

Optional Module Accelerating Sea Level Rise part of Oceans in the News:Oceans in the News – Polar Ocean Science, Data, and the Media
This is another, optional module, styled after modules 3, 4, and 5. It covers changes in sea levels over many years, and allows students to look at the differences between a linear and quadratic equation and what ...