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Is Greenland Melting? part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:GreenlandMelt
Betsy Youngman, none
DATA: Thickness, velocity, and annual melt extents of the Greenland ice sheet TOOL: My World GIS SUMMARY: Explore map layers to examine annual melting and long-term changes of Greenland's ice sheet.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Whither Arctic Sea Ice? part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:SeaIce
Betsy Youngman, none; Mark McCaffrey; Anupma Prakash, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Brian Rogan
DATA: Sea Ice Images TOOLS: ImageJ, Spreadsheet application SUMMARY: Animate 30 years of sea ice images and measure the ice extent each year to produce a graph. Compare the ice extents to air temperatures.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Computer Applications, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Discover Clues from a Colder Climate with GeoMapApp part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Ice Stream
DATA: Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) TOOLS: GeoMapApp, Spreadsheet SUMMARY: Use GeoMapApp to search for evidence of glacial expansion and retreat. Produce a research report of your findings modeled on peer-reviewed papers in the field of glaciology.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Datasets and Tools, Activities:Project, Project:Investigative Case Studies, Independent Research, Computer Applications, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review