Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
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Students watch a video explaining albedo and its impact on Earth. The video shows visualizations of albedo across Earth and how it can change. Students will interpret the images in the video and answer questions about albedo.
The advance-and-retreat cycle of snow cover drastically changes the whiteness and brightness of Earth. Using two maps created using NASA satellite data for 2017, students review the seasonal differences of snow and ice extent and answer questions on their observations.
Students will make a claim about whether changing albedo contributes to changes in Arctic habitats.
Explore and connect to protocols in GLOBE related to the cryosphere. Each protocol has related Earth System Data Explorer datasets identified as well.
Students connect day/night and seasonal cycles with albedo in the Arctic region.
Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective
Explore the energy and matter cycles found within the Earth System.
Background information on snow and ice extent.
Background on changing albedo values.