Sea Ice Extension for the Earth as a System Learning Activity
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Maps displaying global environmental data (specifically Solar Energy and Average Temperature) through the course of a year are compared in order to understand how the Earth works as a system focusing on Polar Regions. Students then explore data from schools located in Alaska and Antarctica to understand processes that drive the temperature patterns; students then visit the National Snow and Ice Data Center Web site to learn more about the Cryosphere (focusing on Albedo and Sea Ice); finally students visit NOAA's web site looking at data of Sea Ice data anomalies. (Link to the relevant pages in these web sites are listed below.)
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- Education > General
Education Levels:
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Keywords:
Atmospheric and oceanic circulation,NSDL,Undergraduate (Lower Division),Social Sciences,Climate feedbacks,Marine Resources,Impacts of climate change,Geophysics,History/Policy/Law,Vocational/Professional Development Education,Higher Education,Hydrology,NSDL_SetSpec_380601,Environmental Science,Climate Change,Oceans and Coastal Resources,oai:nsdl.org:2200/20100502201304858T,Global energy balance,Physics,Ecology, Forestry and Agriculture,Teaching with Visuals,Ocean-Climate Interactions,High School,Snowpack and Snow Melt,Education,Global Change and Climate,Geoscience,Climate sensitivity and feedbacks,PhysicalLanguage:
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Maps displaying global environmental data (specifically Solar Energy and Average Temperature) through the course of a year are compared in order to understand how the Earth works as a system focusing on Polar Regions. Students then explore data from schools located in Alaska and Antarctica to understand processes that drive the temperature patterns; students then visit the National Snow and Ice Data Center Web site to learn more about the Cryosphere (focusing on Albedo and Sea Ice); finally students visit NOAA's web site looking at data of Sea Ice data anomalies. (Link to the relevant pages in these web sites are listed below.)
