Teaching Activities

Unit 2: Temperature--A Global Trendsetter part of Ice and Sea Level Changes
Leigh Stearns (University of Kansas) Becca Walker (Mt. San Antonio College)
How have average global air temperature and sea level changed in the last three decades? Have the changes been consistent? Can future changes in air temperature and sea level be predicted? In this unit, students ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Recent climate data, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Recent climate data
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 1: Rising Concerns Over Rising Sea Levels part of Ice and Sea Level Changes
Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas Main Campus; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
How are rising sea levels already influencing the developing nation of Bangladesh, and what are the anticipated consequences of additional sea level rise in the next century? This introduction to the Ice and Sea ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 4: An Uplifting Story of Sea Level Change part of Ice and Sea Level Changes
Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas Main Campus; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
How much and how quickly does Earth's surface respond to changes in a glacier's mass? How can geodesy help scientists understand the relationship between ice mass change and changes in the bedrock ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary