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 week’s 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.


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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