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# Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Education and Outreach

Cutting edge ice core research and activities for educators, students, and the interested public.

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## Pages

- [Homepage](https://icedrill-education.org/)
- [Drill Deeper Video Shorts](https://icedrill-education.org/drill-deeper/)
- [Virtual Field Labs](https://icedrill-education.org/virtual-field-labs-new/)
- [Meet the Experts](https://icedrill-education.org/team-frame-style/)
- [School of Ice 2025 - Dartmouth College](https://icedrill-education.org/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 Monday, June 23, 2025 Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Wednesday, June 24, 2025 Thursday, June 26, 2025
- [About the Program](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice/)
- [Polar and Ice Research Simplified](https://icedrill-education.org/__trashed-2/)
- [ANDRILL Resources](https://icedrill-education.org/andrill-resources/) - The links below will take you to chapters in two different resource books: Antarctica's Secrets Environmental Literacy with Focus on Planetary Change (the ELF)
- [Sharing Space](https://icedrill-education.org/sharing-space/) - SOI Participants' Sharing Space School of Ice (SOI) participants take workshop activities back to their classes and often adapt them to work for their students and to meet the goals of their individual course syllabi. This page is a repository for those adaptations and unique lessons created by the talented faculty members who have attended the
- [Ocean Circulation Resources](https://icedrill-education.org/ocean-circulation/)
- [Ice Core Science Resources](https://icedrill-education.org/ice-core-science/)
- [School of Ice 2024-Oregon State University](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2024-dartmouth-college/) - July 21-25, 2024 | School of Ice | Corvallis, Oregon Sunday, July 21, 2024: Intro to SOI-2024 team and cohort Monday, July 22, 2024: Scientific Consensus, Direct and Proxy Measurement, and Greenhouse Gases-Past and Present Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Effects of our Changing Climate Wednesday, July 23, 2024: Effects of our Changing Climate and Comparing
- [School of Ice 2022-Oregon State University](https://icedrill-education.org/8141-2/) - August 7-12, 2022 | Center for Oldest Ice Exploration | Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 14 participants from 9 states representing 12 Colleges/Universites. 18 hands-on labs and activities. 11 ice core science community speakers/researchers sharing their expertise and passion. 4 field trips-COLDEX Gas Lab and Melting Lab, Marine and Geology Repository and Eliot Glacier on Mt. Hood. 100% met
- [Homepage](https://icedrill-education.org/homepage-1/)
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- [School of Ice 2023-Dartmouth College](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2023-dartmouth-college/) - June 18-23, 2023 | School of Ice | Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH SUNDAY, June 18, 2023: Introduction to Polar Science MONDAY, June 19, 2023: Ice Core Science TUESDAY, June 20, 2023: Comparing Ice Cores and Sediment Cores; Ice Dynamics in Greenland and Antarctica, and Effects on Sea Level WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023: Sea Ice
- [School of Ice 2019-NSF Ice Core Facility-Denver, CO](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2019-agenda-and-resources/) - The School of Ice agenda is organized around ice core science themes. Each year the presenters and activities may change, but the core concepts are similar. Below is the School of Ice Agenda for 2019. Each activity and presentation is hyperlinked to the resource or presentation to make it easily accessible for you. Contact us if
- [Past Workshops](https://icedrill-education.org/past-workshops/)
- [School of Ice 2021 - Oregon State University](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2021-oregon-state-university/) - 14 participants from 10 states representing 13 Minority Serving Institutions. 15 labs and hands-on activities to transfer ice core and climate change concepts to classrooms. 10 ice core science community speakers/researchers sharing their expertise and passion. 2 field trips - 1 to the Coast and 1 to Elliott Glacier in the Columbia River Valley. SATURDAY,
- [School of Snow and Ice-Workshop II: Greenland](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-snow-and-ice-workshop-ii-greenland/) - March 7-11, 2022 | Workshop II Workshop II focused on snow and ice labs with a focus on ice core and climate change science. Participants gained tools for creating student-focused, data-driven labs for their students. MONDAY, March 7th, 2022 TUESDAY, March 8th, 2022 WEDNESDAY, March 9th, 2022 THURSDAY, March 10th, 2022 FRIDAY, March 11th, 2022
- [Virtual School of Snow and Ice-Workshop I -Greenland](https://icedrill-education.org/virtual-school-of-snow-and-ice-greenland/) - September 14-17, 2021 | Workshop I: Intro to Inquiry Workshop 1 introduced inquiry teaching and constructivist learning pedagogy through hands-on science activities and snow and ice labs. TUESDAY, September 14th, 2021 Objective: Inquiry, constructivism, wait time 1, wait time 2, and open vs. closed questions WEDNESDAY, September 15th, 2021 Objective: Investigations; investigable questions. Science process
- [School of Snow and Ice - Greenland](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-snow-and-ice/) - The School of Snow and Ice (SNOWI), is 2-part professional development program for middle school and high school (ages 11-18) educators. The experiential nature of this workshop builds teachers’ background knowledge of cutting-edge ice core, climate change research, and empowers them to communicate authentic research practices, research data and results to their students. Embedded in
- [Virtual Field Labs](https://icedrill-education.org/virtual-field-labs/)
- [School of Ice 2020-Virtual Workshop](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2020/) - The School of Ice agenda is organized around ice core science themes. Each year the presenters and activities may change, but the core concepts are similar. During the Virtual School of Ice, participants received lab kits so that hands-on activities could be done simultaneously. Contact us if you have any questions or need other resources! SUNDAY,
- [Virtual School of Snow and Ice-Workshop I #2-Greenland](https://icedrill-education.org/virtual-school-of-snow-and-ice-greenland-2/) - March 4-5, 2022 | Workshop I #2 Workshop I introduced inquiry teaching and constructivist learning pedagogy through hands-on science activities and snow and ice labs. FRIDAY, March 4th, 2022 Objective: Inquiry, constructivism, wait time 1, wait time 2, open vs closed questions SATURDAY, March 5th, 2022 Objective: Investigations; investigable questions. Science process skills, data suggests
- [School of Ice 2017-Dartmouth College-Hanover, NH](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2017/) - The School of Ice agenda is organized around ice core science themes. Each year the presenters and activities may change, but the core concepts are similar. Below is the School of Ice Agenda for 2017. Each activity and presentation is hyperlinked to the resource or presentation to make it easily accessible for you. Contact us
- [School of Ice 2018-Dartmouth College-Hanover, NH](https://icedrill-education.org/school-of-ice-2018/) - The School of Ice agenda is organized around ice core science themes. Each year the presenters and activities may change, but the core concepts are similar. Below is the School of Ice Agenda for 2018 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Each activity and presentation is hyperlinked to the resource or presentation to make it
- [Contact](https://icedrill-education.org/contact/)
- [Photos](https://icedrill-education.org/photos/) - School of Ice 2017 School of Ice 2018 School of Ice 2019 School of Ice 2020 NSTA 2019 Ed Event at Montshire Science Museum Ed Event at Rutgers Geology Museum 2018 Ed Event at Science Museum of Orlando 2019 AGU & GIFT 2019 IASC/SCAR Meeting, Davos, Switzerland 2018 SCAR, Kuala Lumpor, Malaysia Ed Event, Cape
- [Free Teaching Resources](https://icedrill-education.org/free-teaching-resources/)
- [Polar Science Resources](https://icedrill-education.org/polar-scienc/)
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## Personnel

- [Dr. Mary R. Albert](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/7422/)
- [Louise T. Huffman](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/louise-t-huffman/)
- [Linda Morris](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/linda-morris/)
- [Bill Grosser](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/bill-grosser/)
- [Barb Birrittella](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/barb-birrittella/)
- [Jay Johnson](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/jay-johnson/)
- [Krissy Slawny](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/krissy-slawny/)
- [Meghan Sharp](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/meghan-sharp/)
- [Dr. Don Perovich](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/don-perovich/)
- [Sarah Fuller](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/sarah-fuller/) - Associate Professor of Biology, Central Oregon Community College
- [Dr. Helene Seroussi](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-he/)
- [Jacob Chalif](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/jacob-chalif/) - Dartmouth College-Lab Manager
- [Dr. Meredith Kelly](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-meredith-kelly/)
- [Christo Buizert](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/christo-buizert/)
- [Rus Higley](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/rus-higley/)
- [Daniel Watkins](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/daniel-watkins/)
- [Brodie Pearson](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/brodie-pearson/)
- [Val Stanley](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/val-stanley/)
- [Cara Fritz](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/cara-fritz/)
- [Andreas Schmittner](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/andreas-schmittner/)
- [Maziet Cheseby](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/maziet-cheseby/)
- [Erin Pettit](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/erin-pettit/)
- [Kristen Rahilly](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/kristen-rahilly/)
- [Michelle Harris](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/michelle-harris/)
- [Dr. Ed Brook](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/ed-brook/)
- [Dr. Matthew Oliver](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-matthew-oliver/)
- [Dr. Lauren Neitzke Adamo](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/john-balmer/)
- [Dr. Amber Whelsky](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/amber-whelsky/)
- [Dr. Kristin Schild](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/kristin-schild/)
- [Dr. Erich Osterberg](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/erich-osterberg/)
- [Dr. Jill Mikucki](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/jill-mikucki/)
- [Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/emily-asenath-smith/)
- [Dr. Joseph McConnell](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/joseph-mcconnell/)
- [Dr. Tyler Jones](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/tyler-jones/)
- [Dr. Gary Clow](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/gary-clow/)
- [Dr. Lisa Bastiaans](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/lisa-bastiaans/)
- [Dr. Zoe Courville](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-zoe-courville/)
- [Julia Dooley](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/julia-dooley/)
- [Bruce C. Elder](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/bruce-c-elder/)
- [Dr. Robert (Bob) Hawley](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-robert-bob-hawley/)
- [Elaine Hood](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/elaine-hood/)
- [Dr. Bess Koffman](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-bess-koffman/)
- [Nathan J. Lamie](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/nathan-j-lamie/)
- [Terry Melendy](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/terry-melendy/)
- [Dr. Robert Anderson](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-robert-anderson/)
- [Jim Brey](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/jim-brey/)
- [Geoffrey Hargreaves](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/geoffrey-hargreaves/)
- [Dr. Marika M. Holland](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-marika-m-holland/)
- [Kory Hottel](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/kory-hottel/)
- [Troy Juniel](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/troy-juniel/)
- [Dr. Lora Koenig](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-lora-koenig/)
- [Dr. Mike MacFerrin](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-mike-macferrin/)
- [Richard Nunn](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/richard-nunn/)
- [Dr. Lindsay Powers](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-lindsay-powers/)
- [Dr. Matthew R. Siegfried](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-matthew-r-siegfried/)
- [Deborah N. Smith](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/deborah-n-smith/)
- [Amy Steiker](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/amy-steiker/)
- [Dr. Bruce Vaughn](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-bruce-vaughn/)
- [Dr. James White](https://icedrill-education.org/personnel/dr-james-white/)

## Portfolio

- [Virtual Field Labs – Searching for Hope on a Warming Planet with Dr. Becky Alexander](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/searchingforhopeonawarmingplanet/)
- [Virtual Field Labs – Warnings from Alaska-Dr. Dom Winski](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/school-of-ice-virtual-field-labs-climate-warnings-from-alaska-with-dr-dom-winski/) - Analyzing how snowfall and snow melt events have changed since fossil fuels became the dominant fuel source for humans.
- [To the Ends of the Earth: Comparing the Arctic and Antarctic](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/to-the-ends-of-the-earth-comparing-the-arctic-and-antarctic/) - Going to the “ends of the Earth” takes you to the Arctic and the Antarctic. This activity engages students in sorting picture cards comparing similarities and differences between the Polar Regions in a table-sized Venn Diagram.
- [Virtual Field Labs - Earth’s Energy Balance & Feedback Loops with Dr. Alden Adolph](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/virtual-field-labs-earths-energy-balance-climate-feedback-loops-with-dr-alden-adolph/)
- [Virtual Field Labs - Ice Sheet Stability in a Warming World-Clues from the Past with Dr. Meredith Kelly](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/school-of-ice-virtual-field-labs-climate-clues-from-the-past-with-dr-meredith-kelly/) - Dr. Meredith Kelly looks at geologic clues from the end of the last ice age for insight into how our current ice sheets may respond to the rapid warming of our planet. These videos are part of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program's School of Ice Virtual Field Lab series.
- [Virtual Field Labs - Abrupt Disruptions with Dr. Erich Osterberg](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/school-of-ice-virtual-field-labs-abrupt-climate-disruptions-with-dr-erich-osterberg/) - Dr. Erich Osterberg explores abrupt climate disruptions in the past as a way to predict the abrupt climate changes we can expect in the future. These videos are part of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program's School of Ice Virtual Field Lab series.
- [Virtual Field Labs - Sea level changes and Thwaites Glacier: Vital signs of the doomsday glacier with Dr. Karen Alley and Dr. Richard](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/virtual-field-labs-sea-level-rise-and-thwaites-glacier-vital-signs-of-the-doomsday-glacier-with-dr-karen-alley-and-dr-richard-alley/)
- [Virtual Field Labs - Comparing Change Past and Present - Carly Peltier](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/school-of-ice-virtual-field-labs-with-carly-peltier/)
- [Dating Ice Cores: A deep dive into several techniques used to date ice cores](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/dating-ice-cores-a-deep-dive-into-several-techniques-used-to-date-ice-cores/) - Students collaborate to estimate the age of several ice cores using authentic data and four different dating techniques.
- [Dissolved Gases and Ocean Temperatures: Estimating the average temperature of the ocean using gases trapped in the ice.](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/dissolved-gases-and-ocean-temperatures-estimating-the-average-temperature-of-the-ocean-using-gases-trapped-in-the-ice/) - Students study the effect of changing temperatures on gas solubility. Students then apply this knowledge to estimate the temperature of the ocean millions of years ago using nobel gas concentrations pulled from COLDEX ice samples from Antarctica.
- [Ice Core Education Course](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/ice-core-workshop/)
- [Comprehensive record of volcanic eruptions in the Holocene (11,000 years) from the WAIS Divide, Antarctica ice core](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/comprehensive-record-of-volcanic-eruptions-in-the-holocene-11000-years-from-the-wais-divide-antarctica-ice-core/)
- [Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/antarctic-surface-temperature-and-elevation-during-the-last-glacial-maximum/)
- [Microstructures in a shear margin: Jarvis Glacier, Alaska](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/microstructures-in-a-shear-margin-jarvis-glacier-alaska/)
- [Volcanic glass properties from 1459 C.E. volcanic event in South Pole ice core dismiss Kuwae caldera as a potential source](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/volcanic-glass-properties-from-1459-c-e-volcanic-event-in-south-pole-ice-core-dismiss-kuwae-caldera-as-a-potential-source/)
- [Reconstruction of temperature, accumulation rate, and layer thinning from an ice core at South Pole, using a statistical inverse method](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/reconstruction-of-temperature-accumulation-rate-and-layer-thinning-from-an-ice-core-at-south-pole-using-a-statistical-inverse-method/)
- [The SP19 chronology for the South Pole Ice Core – Part 2: gas chronology, age, and smoothing of atmospheric records](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/the-sp19-chronology-for-the-south-pole-ice-core-part-2-gas-chronology-age-and-smoothing-of-atmospheric-records/)
- [Southern Ocean sea ice and circulation changes linked to Holocene sea salt concentration in the South Pole ice core](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/southern-ocean-sea-ice-and-circulation-changes-linked-to-holocene-sea-salt-concentration-in-the-south-pole-ice-core/)
- [Reconstruction of fire emissions over the past millennium from measurements of ice core acetylene](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/reconstruction-of-paleofire-emissions-over-the-past-millennium-from-measurements-of-ice-core-acetylene/)
- [Late Holocene dust provenance at Siple Dome, Antarctica](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/late-holocene-dust-provenance-at-siple-dome-antarctica/)
- [Decoding Ice Cores–Isotopic Analysis–How warm was the Earth in the past?](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/decoding-ice-cores-isotopic-analysis-how-warm-was-the-earth-in-the-past/) - In this lab we will use 5-pennies to model water molecules sampled from each of 11 different “ice core layers” dating from the present to almost 500,000 years ago. The goal is to determine the temperature of climate in the past by comparing the average isotopic mass of the water molecules in the ice cores to the standard average isotopic mass of water from the ocean. Students will then compare their results to the 800,000 year ice core record.
- [Decoding Ice Cores: Proxy and Direct Measurement (2 Labs)](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/decoding-ice-cores-proxy-and-direct-measurement-2-labs/) - Two-part lab Lab: #1--direct measurements are used to compare the history recorded in an ice core to the history recorded in a tree ring. Lab #2--proxy models will be developed from direct measurements to be used to reveal climate conditions thousands of years in the past.
- [Ice Core Lab: Natural Variability of the Planet on Millennial Timescales](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/ice-core-lab-natural-variability-on-millennial-timescales/) - This lab is an engaging hands-on activity demonstrating that CO2 is a direct measurement while hydrogen isotopes are used as a proxy for temperature measurements. Through the study of ice cores, scientists have developed a continuous record of CO2 and temperature records going back 800,000 years. Requires freezer space and several days of freezing time.
- [Thermohaline Circulation and Rapid Planetary Change: Greenland is Melting](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/thermohaline-circulation-and-rapid-planetary-change-greenland-is-melting/) - In this investigation, we will analyze how the density of the ocean surrounding Greenland may change as a result of increasing amounts of meltwater coming off the Greenland Ice Sheet.
- [Thermohaline Circulations Demo](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/thermohaline-circulation-how-rapid-climate-change-affects-ocean-currents/) - Data from ice cores suggest that sometimes the Earth has undergone rapid changes in climate in as little as a decade. One possible way that this type of rapid change may happen in the future is if we change the way deep ocean currents flow in the Atlantic Ocean.
- [Environmental Literacy with a Focus on Planetary Change (ELF) — Chapter 2: GEOSPHERE](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/environmental-literacy-with-a-focus-on-planetary-change-elf-chapter-2-geosphere/) - 2A- Plates and Gates: This activity explores how plate tectonics affect ocean currents and biodiversity. 2B- Build a Model ANDRILL Drill Site: Students build a model drill rig and compare past environments represented by the sediment cores retrieved. 2C- Mix up a Model Rock Core: Learners create a model of an ocean sediment core with different sediment layers representing the presence of a grounded glacier, an ice shelf and open water. 2D- Mess Free Rock Cores: Students build models using photographs and paper towel tubes and then interpret various layers in sediment cores making inferences about climate change. 2E- When Ice Meets the Sea: Learners simulate the moving of a glacier from land to floating over the ocean creating an ice shelf and pressure ridge 2F- Dead Diatoms Do Tell Tales: Learners tell the story of climate change using the proxy of ice shelf advance and retreat by collecting data from simulated ocean bottom sediment cores. 2G- Evidence of Ice Free Seas: Learners create a sediment core model, collect date in the form of cool and warm water diatoms and then make inferences about changes in the ocean's environment over geologic time.
- [Environmental Literacy with a Focus on Planetary Change (ELF) — Chapter 3: HYDROSPHERE](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/environmental-literacy-with-a-focus-on-planetary-change-elf-chapter-3-hydrosphere/) - 3A- Global Ocean Conveyor Belt 3B- Cold Salty and Deep: This activity models the origin of density currents in the Antarctic region. 3C-How Does Melting Ice Affect Sea Level? Compare how melting ice affects sea level by creating two models that are identical except for one factor: one will have ice on “land” and the other will have ice in the “sea.” 3D-Build a Model Glacier: In this activity, students build a model of a glacier to demonstrate how glaciers and ice sheets form, fill in valleys and change landscapes.
- [Environmental Literacy with a Focus on Planetary Change (ELF) — Chapter 4: BIOSPHERE](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/environmental-literacy-with-a-focus-on-planetary-change-elf-chapter-4-biosphere/) - 4A- Phenology: Step Together Step : This activity creates a life cycle graph and demonstrates how climate changes can affect the life cycle patterns of dependent species. 4B- Life in an Acid Bath: The effects of lowering the pH of the ocean on shelled organisms is demonstrated using a model of ocean acidification. 4C- Biodiverisity/ Habitat Loss : Explore the diversity of mountain biome habitats and how climate change will affect the plants and animals that live there.
- [Environmental Literacy with a Focus on Planetary Change (ELF) — Chapter 5: ATMOSPHERE](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/environmental-literacy-with-a-focus-on-climate-change-elf-chapter-5-atmosphere/) - The goal of the activity is to create a model of the layers of the atmosphere based on their characteristics. The physics of air and water movement around our planet is demonstrated. Hot air/water rises; cold air/water sinks.
- [Antarctica’s Secrets — Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL)](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/antarcticas-climate-secrets-antarctic-geological-drilling-andrill/) - These 5 units introduce students to introduce students to Antarctica, a place that only a few thousand people visit in any year. Students learn that some of the clues in sedimentary rocks are easy to read, while others take more practice. Through a series of hands-on activities, students learn how scientists study rocks. Students also learn how clues from diatoms give us evidence of climate and what the environment was like when they were deposited and make a model to explore how Antarctica might look in the future.
- [Polar Detectives: Using Ice Core Data to Decode Past Mysteries-2](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/polar-detectives-using-ice-core-data-to-decode-past-mysteries-2/)
- [Polar Detectives: Using Ice Core Data to Decode Past Mysteries](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/polar-detectives-using-ice-core-data-to-decode-past-mysteries/)
- [Engineering Challenge:  Designing a Portable Drilling Rig](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/engineering-challenge-designing-a-portable-drilling-rig/) - This activity is offered as a means of introducing students to the Scientific and Engineering Practices, as outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
- [Ice Core Drilling Display](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/ice-core-drilling-model/) - This activity is offered as a means of introducing students to the Scientific and Engineering Practices, as outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
- [Frozen Balloons: Exploring Ice and The Process of Exploration](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/frozen-balloons-exploring-ice-and-the-process-of-exploration/) - There’s plenty to learn from a frozen water balloon, starting with the patterns of bubbles—or lack thereof—in the ice.
- [Nature vs. Science: The Hypothesis Card Game](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/nature-vs-science-the-hypothesis-card-game/) - Students play a game of cards to learn how scientists study nature.
- [Land Ice/Sea Ice/Grounded Ice](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/land-ice-sea-ice-grounded-ice/) - Land Ice/Sea Ice/Grounded Ice: How does melting ice affect sea level?
- [The Stink Test: Validating Resources](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/the-stink-test-validating-resources/) - In a time when evidence based information is questioned, it is imperative that we teach our students how to recognize whether a source is valid or not. The STINK Test gives them the tools to do just that.
- [Video Links from the Ice Drilling Program Education & Outreach + Ice Core Researchers](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/video-links-from-the-ice-drilling-program-education-outreach-ice-core-researchers/) - IDP-EO and ice core researchers have created many videos for use in classrooms.
- [Environmental Literacy with a Focus on Climate Change (ELF) — Chapter 1: ENERGY](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/environmental-literacy-with-a-focus-on-climate-change-elf-chapter-1-energy/) - 1A- Flashlights on Earth: This investigation will explore how the angle of the Earth’s surface impacts the amount of solar radiation received in a given area. 1B- Biome Sorting: This activity explores Earth's diverse ecological biomes and how they can be affected by climate change. 1C- Carbon Journey: Take an atom of carbon on a 'journey' through the carbon cycle by playing the carbon journey game. 1D- Earth’s Albedo: Albedo is measured using maps, data tables and a shaker filled with popcorn kernels. Estimate the Earth's energy budget by calculating the absorbed radiation of various Earth's surfaces. 1E- Sea Ice Cycles: Visually explore, animate, and measure changing sea ice extent in the Arctic using a flip book and satellite images of the North Pole.
- [Decoding Ice Cores: Atmospheric Analysis](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/decoding-ice-cores-atmospheric-analysis/) - In this lab, the relative amount of CO2 in melted "ice core samples" will be determined using a conductivity meter. Then students will graph their results and compare to the 800,000 ice core record.
- [Polar Science and Engineering: Drilling Back Through Time](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/polar-science-and-engineering-drilling-back-through-time/) - This activity is offered as a means of introducing students to the Scientific and Engineering Practices, as outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
- [The Long Haul–Ice Core Challenge: Keeping Ice Cores Frozen from Field to Lab](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/the-long-haul-ice-core-challenge-keeping-ice-cores-frozen-from-field-to-lab/) - Students’ primary task in this activity is to design a container that will keep an ice core from melting over time AND to do so while spending the least amount of "money."
- [Life Cores: How do we know what we know about the science of ice cores?](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/life-cores-how-do-we-know-what-we-know-about-the-science-of-ice-cores/) - By building a personal “life core,” students are introduced to some of the techniques and vocabulary used by scientists as they study ice cores.
- [Slip Sliding Away: Exploring glacier dynamics](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/slip-sliding-away-exploring-glacier-dynamics/) - Students explore how glaciers move by using “glacier goo/flubber,” (a polymer made with glue and Borax solution) whose properties model the movement of glacial ice. Through an open or guided inquiry, students make a hypothesis and then test their ideas.
- [Subglacial Lakes: What's happening under the ice sheets?](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/subglacial-lakes-whats-happening-under-the-ice-sheets/) - Students observe a subglacial lake model and measure changes in temperature, salinity and sea level rise as the glaciers/ice sheets and subglacial lakes melt.. Students will move from the small model to discussions of implications for Earth systems.
- [Reflection Activities: Reflect on a lesson or unit of study](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/reflection-activities-reflect-on-a-lesson-or-unit-of-study/) - Ideas for how to get students to reflect on a lesson or unit of study.
- [Albedo: Measuring the Reflective Properties of Different Surfaces](https://icedrill-education.org/portfolio/albedo-measuring-the-reflective-properties-of-different-surfaces/) - Students will measure the albedo and surface temperature of various ice mixtures and the changing properties as the ice melts over time. Students will move from understanding what albedo is, to the larger scale of its role in Earth's energy budget.

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