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Students create flubber glaciers. In this glacier dynamics lesson, students experiment factors that may affect glacier speed. Factors include slope, ice temperature, and basal conditions. Students develop hypothesis, conduct experiment, and draw conclusions based on the results.

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climate change, velocity, measurement

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climate change, glacier dynamics, measurements, velocity, science
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Grade
4th - 7th
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Science
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