DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 9 8 14 : Italian Adventurer to Live on Iceberg Until It Melts
Learn about how Alex Bellini plans to live on an iceberg in order to draw attention to the issue of global warming.
US Geological Survey
Us Geological Survey: Glaciers and Glaciations
Follow the links to learn about snow accumulation, mass, balance and flow of glaciers. Find the cause of glacial decline.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Rapid Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets
The world's glaciers and ice sheets are melting according to this extensive report. It makes recommendations on how to monitor this situation, explains what we know about the past when there was much less ice in the world, describes what...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Glaciers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes what glaciers are.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Glaciers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes what glaciers are.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mapping the Glaciers
In this activity, young scholars will use Minnesota Geological Survey 3-D maps of the upper Midwest to trace the outlines of where they believe glaciers may have affected North America. They will identify landforms that resulted from...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Changing Planet: Melting Glaciers
Learners sort photographs of glaciers and measure glacial retreat to observe how alpine glaciers have retreated over the past century. Includes a printable worksheet, links to relevant materials, and extension activities.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Ice Cream Model How Glaciers Formed the Minnesota Landscape
This classroom demonstration using ice cream illustrates to young scholars the effects that the glaciers had on Minnesota's landscape.
PBS
Pbs: Introduction to Glaciers
This interactive tutorial illustrates all the different types of glaciers. Learn about how they move, how they form, where they are found, and more.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Explore Nature: Views: Glaciers: Embark on a Journey
Learn about types, features, and movement of glaciers, erosion and deposition of rock, and locations of glaciers in our National Parks. Read about how scientists monitor glacial movement and conduct scientific research on climate's...
Other
Sierra Club: Yosemite Glaciers
John Muir was in the Yosemite Valley in 1871. These notes describe his journey, explaining much about Yosemite glaciers and the progress they've made over time.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Glaciers
In this simulation, users can adjust mountain snowfall and temperature to see the glacier grow and shrink or use scientific tools to measure thickness, velocity, and glacial budget. Java is required.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Glaciers
Adjust mountain snowfall and temperature to see the glacier grow and shrink. Use scientific tools to measure thickness, velocity and glacial budget.
US Geological Survey
Us Geological Survey: Glaciers Help Shape Mount Rainier
Description, facts, maps and history of Mt. Rainier, in Washington State. Also links to recent research and publications.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Deposition by Glaciers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Terrain features caused by glacial deposition.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Erosion by Glaciers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Terrain features caused by glacial erosion.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Greenland: Ice on the Move
NPR offers a photographic slide show on the status of Greenland's ice glaciers as they start to melt and the consequences of the melting for the future.
Other
University of Vermont: What Are the Physical Effects of Glaciers?
See what a glacier in Vermont has done to a mountain. What marks did it leave behind? Click on this site and find out!
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Glaciers in Our Own Backyard
Students identify glacial activity and infer how those events shape the area. This lesson involves a filed trip to a location where it is possible to examine glacial events.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Sinking Water: Glaciers, Ocean Currents and Weather Patterns
A lesson where students learn how warm water is less dense than cold water, and what this means for global climate change as ice from the polar regions melts. Students will do experiments in buoyancy and water density when hot or cold,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Field Activity: Exploring Glaciers, Ancient Seas, and Volcanism
In this geoscience all day field activity at Interstate State Park at Taylors Falls, MN, students investigate and explore three events in Minnesota geological history.
Indiana University
Indiana Univ. Bloomington:geo Notes: Moraines: Evidence of Ice Age Glaciers [Pdf]
Explains what moraines are, how they are formed, some types, and where they are found in Indiana.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 3: Land Ice
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that investigates climate and the cryosphere. Here you can learn about how glaciers form. Understand how glaciers offers scientist evidence for climate change. Lab includes both an online...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Iceberg
This beautiful image shows a unique looking iceberg in Greenland. There is a blue sky and the iceberg reflects off the cold water.
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