School of Ice 2025 – Dartmouth College

June 22-26, 2025 | School of Ice | Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH

Sunday, June 22nd, 2025: Intro to School of Ice

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Welcome to School of Ice Activity: To the Ends of the Earth-Polar Opposites	Louise Huffman	Welcome to the School of Ice (PPT) Directions to the End of the Earth
Science Notebook Covers-intro. selves	Marc Vankeuren	Science Notebook Synergy (PPT)
Working Dinner and Activity: Science Notebooks–Intro selves	Louise	Science Notebook (Keynote) Science Notebook (PDF) Science Notebook (PPT)
Activity: Synergistic Notebooks	Bill Grosser
Show Your Stripes	Louise Huffman	Show Your Stripes (PPT)

Monday, June 23, 2025

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
The Only Direction is North: Antarctica Through Maps	Louise	The Only Direction is North: Antarctica Through Maps (PPT)
Snowflake Science	Marc Vankeuren	Snowflake Science (Keynote) Snowflake Science (Google Slides)
Activity: Dating Ice Cores/ ECM/ ABC	Bill Grosser	Dating ice core ppt is in the second half of this presentation. Snowflake Science (PPT) Snowflake Science (Keynote)
Virtual Field Lab: Warnings from Alaska	Bill Grosser	Warnings from Alaska (PPT) Warnings from Alaska (Keynote) Virtual Field Lab
Activity: Direct Measurements: CO₂ Lab	Marc Vankeuren Bill Grosser	Direct Measurement PPT Direct Measurement (Keynote)
Comparing Carbon Dioxide Past and Present Activity: Virtual Field Lab (Carbon Dioxide Past and Present) (20 minutes) Speaker: Jon Edwards-Milankovich Cycle, Driving Factors, CO₂ Guest Speaker Q and A Ice Samples Sample 1: Pakisok Greenland ~14K (Blue Ice) taken from the surface Sample 2: Siple Dome Antarctica ~recent 100-400 years, 120 m depth Sample 3: WAIS divide Antarctica ~54K, 2400 m depth	Bill Grosser Jon Edwards	Virtual Field Lab Comparing Climate Past and Present- CO2 (PPT) Comparing Climate Past and Present- CO2 (Keynote) Teacher Google Doc Instructions
Activity: Proxies and Washer Lab – Robin Hood	Bill Grosser	Proxies – Tree Rings Robin Hood (PPT) Proxies – Tree Rings Robin Hood (Keynote)
Virtual Field Lab: Temperature Past and Present Episode 3	Bill Grosser Jon Edwards	Virtual Field Lab

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Activity: Thermohaline Circulation Demos Virtual Field Lab: Episode #1: Arctic Sea Ice Episode #2: Greenland Melt Ponds / Thermohaline Circulation	Bill Grosser	Thermohaline demos-Ice melting in fresh/salt water and hot and cold water Virtual Field Lab
Earth’s Energy Balance and Feedback Loops	Alden Adolph	Snow Albedo Feedback Loops (PPT)
Group 1 – Lab Group 2 – Classroom Activities: Shackleton Proxies Lab Nature vs Science	Erich Osterberg Jacob Chalif	Shackleton Proxies (PPT)
Group 1 -Classroom Activities: Shackleton Proxies Lab Nature vs Science Lab Group 2 – Lab	Erich Osterberg Jacob Chalif	Shackleton Proxies (PPT) Nature vs Science Lab (PPT) Nature vs Science Lab (Keynote)
Show Your Stripes	Louise Huffman Claire Condie	Show Your stripes Bracelet Website

Wednesday, June 24, 2025

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Activity: Glacier Dynamics with Goo	Louise Huffman Bob Hawley	Slip Sliding Away- Glaciers (PPT)
Activity: Thwaites EP#3 VFL: Ice Shelf Stability and Pinning Points-Data collection and graphing.	Marc Vankeuren	Thwaites EP #3 VFL
Glacial Dynamics	Meghan Sharp	Glacial Dynamics PDF
Activity analysis: Check on Land Ice/Sea Ice–sea level rise	Louise Huffman	Plan of Action
Geologic Walking Trip Varves	Justin Stroup	Class trip slides (PPT) Classtrip field stop guide
Activity analysis: Explore sediment varve cores from Dartmouth Activity: Comparing sediment and ice cores Virtual Field Lab: Episode #3: Ice sheet Stability in a Warming World (didn’t watch in class; link provided)	Justin Stroup	Virtual Field Lab
Summarizer Venn Discussion: Thermohaline Circulation Review (Jon) Discussion Heinrich Events (Jon)	Louise Huffman Jon	Summarizers

Thursday, June 26, 2025

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Introduction Video	Elliot Moravec	Video embedded in PPT
Engineering and Drill Design	Bill Grosser	Engineering and Drill Design Presentation (PPT) Engineering and Drill Design Presentation (Keynote) One Page Drill Fact Sheet Engineering and Drill Design directions (Word)
Engineering Behind Ice Core Drills: Designing the Right Tool for the Job Activity: Final Project Challenge Scenario 1 Activity: Final Project Challenge Scenario 2	Elliot Moravec	Engineering Behind Ice Coring Drills: Designing the Right Tool for the Job (PPT) Scenario 1 (PDF) Scenario 2 (PDF)
Monitoring Changes in the Arctic	Don Perovich	Arctic Sea Ice: The Frozen Ocean at the top of the Top of the World (PPT) Classroom exercise: Fresh off the Ice: Buoys
Surface Melt on Greenland Don’t forget to look at Alden Adolph’s VFL episode #2 coming out summer, 2025! Melt ponds on the surface of Greenland.	Mike MacFerrin	Ice Slabs, Surprise Crevasses, and Cold War Bases: Explorations of Meltwater from the Interior of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PPT)
Activity: Frozen Water Balloons Virtual Field Lab: Episode #3: Ice sheet Stability in a Warming World (didn’t watch in class; link provided)		Activity Frozen Water Balloons (PPT) Activity Frozen Water Balloon (Word) Virtual Field Lab Thwaites EP #3 VFL (The last 10 minutes of episode #3 is where Richard talks about hope for the future.)
Plan of Action	Claire Condie	Participant Folders Plan of Action (Word)