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OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 1: What Makes a Glacier? part of Teaching Activities
Lizz Ultee, Middlebury College
This is a three-part class or lab activity that challenges students to define what a glacier is, how it differs from other parts of the cryosphere (such as sea ice), and what kinds of glaciers there are in the ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Unit 3: Glaciers, GPS, and Sea Level Rise part of Measuring the Earth with GPS
Karen M. Kortz (Community College of Rhode Island) Jessica J. Smay (San Jose City College)
GPS data can measure bedrock elevation change in response to the changing mass of glaciers. In this module, students will learn how to read GPS data to interpret how the mass of glaciers in Alaska and Greenland is ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
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Unit 6: Hydrologic Balance and Climate Change part of Modeling Earth Systems
Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
In this unit, students create a STELLA model of the Owens River chain of lakes in eastern California and then experiment with different climate change scenarios to simulate the Pleistocene history of lake filling ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
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Unit 5: Growth and Decay of Ice Sheets part of Modeling Earth Systems
David Bice, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Large continental ice sheets, such as the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the last glaciation, as well as Antarctica and Greenland of today, are some of the most important features of the global climate system — they ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records
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Wakemup Pluton part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students work through a set of questions about a geologic map of an igneous intrusion and surrounding rock units. These questions focus students' attention on the topography, geomorphology, lithology, and ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Modeling Structural Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology:Relative dating, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience, Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Igneous Processes
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Paleoclimate part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Lenore Teevan, School of Innovation/Springfield City School District
This is a unit plan for project-based learning. Students will learn about paleoclimate proxies and their importance in understanding past climates. Students will focus on one region-specific aspect of paleoclimate ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Natural causes, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Paleoclimate records, History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Yes Sir, That's My Baby Glacier! part of Teaching Activities
Christopher Roemmele, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Students will create their own glacier, and explore their effect on the land, modeling how they melt, how they move, and erode and deposit sediment. Students will be able to determine and describe isostatic ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 3: Simulating glacier flow part of Teaching Activities
Lizz Ultee, Middlebury College
This is a lab activity to involve students in understanding glacier flow, and how ice flow is a defining factor in how glaciers react to climate change. The activity introduces two resources: A video of ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Modeling/Physical Experiments, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change

The Pleistocene Ice Age part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Eileen Herrstrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This activity takes place in a laboratory setting and requires ~1.5-2 hours to complete. Students work with data about glacial materials, Milankovitch cycles, and stable isotopes from ice cores and deep-sea ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Interpreting the surficial deposits of Glacier National Park, Montana part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students interpret a GIS map of surficial deposits in Glacier National Park to unravel a bit of the glacial history of the park.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review