OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 1: What Makes a Glacier? part of Teaching Activities
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 ...

Sea Ice Predictive Model part of Teaching Activities
This is a quick (~25 min) classroom activity designed to stimulate thinking about sea ice, climate change, and differences between Arctic and Antarctic conditions.

Greenhouse Effect Lab part of Teaching Activities
In this lab, students measure temperature changes inside soda bottles (one with CO2 added, the other with only air inside) as incandescent light is shined on them to model the Greenhouse Effect.

Modeling Rare Plant Distributions Using ArcGIS part of Teaching Activities
In this activity, students work with rare plant occurrence data from the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California to create species distribution maps in ArcGIS. Students are given shapefiles of species ...

Did Early Farmers Alter Climate? part of Teaching Activities
The overarching goal of this exercise is for students to explore the early anthropogenic hypothesis, which claims that early agriculture had a substantial impact on greenhouse gases and global climate thousands of ...

FutureEarthCast: Voicemails from 50 years in the future part of Teaching Activities
Students are challenged to write a script and record a voicemail that is left 50 years in the future, describing changes that have taken place in the local environment based upon scientifically-accurate information ...

OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 3: Simulating glacier flow part of Teaching Activities
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 ...

What's Shaking in Greenland? part of Teaching Activities
Students will work in small groups to compare the rate of icequake occurrence in Greenland to measured air temperature over time. This activity emphasizes the Earth systems concept by connecting seismic and ...

Exploring Polar Science - 4-H Project Book part of Teaching Activities
This 4-H project book includes a series of eight activities, focused on polar science, that youth can complete with an parent or mentor. Each activity includes a hands-on component and options for communication. ...

OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 2: Exploring glacier data part of Teaching Activities
This is a lab activity to involve students in exploring glacier data available online. The activity introduces two resources: the OGGM-Edu World Glacier Explorer apps, and the Fluctuations of Glaciers Browser from ...