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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.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Glaciers
Fun information about glaciers including where they are found, types of glaciers, how they are formed, their importance, and threats to glaciers.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Ice Ages: Glaciers Advance and Retreat
Why have we had ice ages in the past? This resource explores the reasons why the earth's climate has repeatedly changed to create ice ages. A quiz is available to check your understanding.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Glaciers, Water and Wind, Oh My!
This hands-on activity explores five different forms of erosion (chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students rotate through stations and model each type of erosion on rocks, soils and minerals. The students record their...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Glaciers Melting Faster as Planet Warms
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses climate change research which suggests that the worldwide issue of melting glaciers is a clear sign of changing climate conditions.
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Sierra Club: How Yosemite Was Formed
A lot of information on the glaciers that were once covering Yosemite. Be a detective and discover the evidence of glaciers in Yosemite. This is Chapter 11 from The Yosemite by John Muir, published in 1912.
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.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Patagonia: Glacier Maker: The Science of Glaciers
Identify the contents of a glacier like those found in Patagonia, construct a mini glacier model in class and compare and contrast the classroom model with Patagonian glaciers.
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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 instructional activity 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...
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.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Vanishing Into Thin Air
Glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate. Witness the dramatic melting of Peru's Qori Kalis glacier. Investigate some of the benefits of glaciers as well as the negative effects that will result when the glaciers are gone.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Glacier Hazards From Space
View a satelite-generated slideshow that shows some of the hazards that glaciers pose as they break away or melt.
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.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Rocks and Landforms
Eight hands-on lessons module where students learn about rocks and landforms. These inquiry-based investigations explore the different types of rocks, how they are formed, the different types of landforms, and the effects of glaciers on...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: James Balog: Time Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss
In this video, James Balog describes how evidence for glaciers receding due to climate change can be seen through time-lapse photography. [19:20] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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