Explore and connect to protocols in GLOBE related to the cryosphere. Each protocol has related Earth System Data Explorer datasets identified as well.
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Students develop and test a hypothesis about how albedo affects temperature.
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
The products of science are explanations and the products of engineering are solutions.
Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
Guided by the 5E model, this lesson allows students to work together to uncover how changes in sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are connected to Earth’s energy budget.
Background information on sea and land ice melt.
Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
Students will watch a video on the Greenland Ice Sheet and answer questions.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Rivers and Lakes protocol bundle.