Teaching Materials part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials
Module Overview PolarPASS modules use authentic data and imagery and creative activities to assist students with learning while exploring the land and ice near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Geographic Information ...

Unit 2: Processes of ice margin retreat and elevation/thickness change part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials:Module 2: Long-term Spatial Transformations of the Glacier Basin System
Processes of ice margin retreat and elevation/thickness change In Unit 2, students begin to use GIS as a research and learning tool, exploring the landscape surface via satellite imagery and identifying erosional ...

Resources and Training part of Polar PASS
Teaching with 360-degree Interactive Environments Links to the PolarPASS 360-degree Interactive Environments (360IEs) can be found here. For those teaching with 360IEs within the modules, please follow the ...

Unit 3: A Look Inside and Underneath the Glacier part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials:Module 1: Exploring the Glacier Basin System
A Look Inside and Underneath the Glacier In Unit 3 students continue to appreciate the role of water within the glacier basin system. Students learn about the many fascinating and unique surface melt features that ...

About part of Polar PASS
Polar Places and Spaces, or PolarPASS, is designed to bring polar environments into the classroom, allowing students to explore extreme environments and connect with new and seemingly distant places. Earth's ...

Development Team part of Polar PASS
Project Leaders Anne Gold, University of Colorado at Boulder, is the Director of CIRES Education & Outreach Program and a climate scientist by training. She has conducted educational research on spatial ...

Unit 2: Glacier Mass Balance, Albedo, and Surface Melt part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials:Module 1: Exploring the Glacier Basin System
Glacier Mass Balance, Albedo, and Surface Melt Now familiar with the glacier basin system, Unit 2 takes students to the ice sheet and explores the seasonal changes to the glacier surface and how these play into the ...

Unit 1: Overview of the Glacier Basin System part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials:Module 1: Exploring the Glacier Basin System
Overview of the Glacier Basin System Unit 1 introduces students to the geography of the Arctic and Greenland, zooming from the Pan-Arctic scale down to the individual glacier basin scale. Several pre-class videos ...

Unit 3: Distinguishing between natural climate variability and anthropogenic forcings part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials:Module 2: Long-term Spatial Transformations of the Glacier Basin System
Distinguishing between natural climate variability and anthropogenic forcings Unit 3 begins with student reading and exploration of satellite imagery to discuss differences between natural and human-induced glacial ...

Unit 5: System Response to Climate Change part of Polar PASS:Teaching Materials:Module 1: Exploring the Glacier Basin System
System Response to Climate Change With a firm understanding of the components of a glacier basin system, the seasonal changes, and the influence on ice mass gain and loss, students in Unit 5 are challenged to ...