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Glaciers and Climate

Glaciers around the World 

Check out our glacier images and learn fun facts about how glaciers carve the landscape, the interaction of glaciers and climate, and some methods scientists use to study glaciers.

How Ice Behaves: A Look into Glacier Movement

Grades: 6 - 12

Length: 45 to 60 minutes

Topics: glacier deformation, basal sliding, friction

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Consult this recipe for making your own glacier goo.

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Evaluating Glacier Change and Landscape Change

Grades: 6- 12

Length: 2-3 lessons, 45 minutes each

Topics: climate change, repeat photography, qualitative vs. quantitative data, glacier recession, aerial photography, evaluating graphic data

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References: United State Geological Survey

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