Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
This activity invites students to simulate and observe the different effects on sea level from melting sea-ice.
This activity invites students to simulate and observe the different effects on sea level from melting sea-ice.
Students review a video showing how the ocean is warmed by solar energy. This is the first video of a four-part series on the water cycle, which follows the journey of water from the ocean to the atmosphere, to the land, and back again to the ocean.
Students analyze map visualizations representing the amount of Sun’s energy received on the Earth as indicated by the amount that is reflected back to space, known as “albedo”.