Week
Twelve: Ice Shelf Disintegration
The
Cryosphere
Weeks
10, 11, and 12 make up a three-week cycle about ice shelf disintegration.
Currently, you are in the Classroom Application week of the cycle.
This
week you should refer to the resources listed under Readings, References,
& Recommendations, and you need to complete the assignment listed
under Classroom Application Assignment & Rubric. This weeks
assignment focuses on
- Creating or contributing
activities to help your students develop the concepts you have
explored in your studies of ice shelf disintegration
- Contributing to Resource
Space the location of Internet sites or print material you have
discovered that can be used as content resources or activities
for students
- Responding to other
class members' contributions
You have the option of
doing an extra credit Local Event Study.
Suggested
Activities for Your Students
Global
Ice and Water Activities
How
can we map changes in water level?
Soda
Bottle Hydrology
Classroom
Application Assignment &
Rubric
This week you
will develop cooperative activities that engage your students in
understanding Earth as a system through analyzing the causes and
effects of an event.
Click on Classroom
Application Assignment & Rubric for directions.
Local Event Assignment
& Rubric
You also have the option of doing a Local
Event Assignment & Rubric this week.
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Readings,
References, &
Recommendations
Read:
NASA
Fact Sheet: Polar Ice
Read:
ILT
Publications See the readings on pedagogy and technology.
Reference:
CD-ROM: "Sea
Ice in the Polar Regions and The Arctic Observatory"
Using the CD-ROM:
make sure that you read the README document. You will need to make
note of the free RAM requirements for this CD to work properly.
In "Sea
Ice in the Polar Regions," check out the section on the relevance
of sea ice to the climatic system. After the Introduction, go to
"Impacts of Sea Ice."
To find the
Teacher's Guide in "The Arctic Observatory," go to Help.
In the new screen, click on Index of Topics. The Teacher's Guide
is in the Table of Contents for the Arctic Observatory.
Recommended Web Site:
Canadian
Ice Service
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