Students examine the two time series images to determine the differences between seasonal ice melt over water versus land.
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Students evaluate graphs and images of sea ice and relate them to changes in albedo. Students make a claim about the interaction of albedo and sea ice extent.
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
Students explore albedo, sea ice, and the relationship between changing albedo and changing sea ice using data visualizations.
Arctic sea ice is the cap of frozen seawater blanketing most of the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas in wintertime. It follows seasonal patterns of thickening and melting. Students view how the quantity has changed from 1979 through 2018.
The products of science are explanations and the products of engineering are solutions.
Explore and connect to the GLOBE Water Quality protocol bundle.
Students develop and test a hypothesis about how albedo affects temperature.
Explore and connect to hydrosphere protocols in GLOBE. Each protocol has related Earth System Data Explorer datasets identified as well.
Explore and connect to protocols in GLOBE related to the cryosphere. Each protocol has related Earth System Data Explorer datasets identified as well.