This mini lesson helps students visualize how the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere interact to produce changes in land and sea ice. 

This lesson contains a card sort activity that challenges students to predict relative albedo values of common surfaces. 

Students will analyze a graph showing the variation of energy imbalance on Earth over the year along different latitudinal zones and answer the questions that follow.

Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.

By investigating the data presented in a model that displays extreme summer air temperatures, students explain energy transfer in the Earth system and consider the impact of excessive heat on local communities.

Check out the Arctic and Earth SIGNs video to explore how climate models are used in climate change research.