School of Ice 2024-Oregon State University

July 21-25, 2024 | School of Ice | Corvallis, Oregon

Sunday, July 21, 2024: Intro to SOI-2024 team and cohort

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Activity: To the Ends of the Earth-Polar Opposites	Kristen and Louise	Introduction Slideshow and Activity (Google Slides) Introduction Slideshow Activity (PDF)
Process: To the Ends of the Earth-Polar Opposites	Kristen	To The Ends of the Earth (Google Slides) To The Ends of the Earth Slideshow (PDF)
Activity: Notebook covers, TOC, intros	Louise	Scientific Notebook Slideshow Scientific Notebook Slideshow (PDF)
Activity: Discovering Antarctica through Maps	Louise	Antarctica Through Maps Slideshow (Google Slides) Antarctica Through Maps Slideshow (PDF)
Activity: Snowflake Science	Bill	Snowflake Science (Slides) Snowflake Science (PDF) Snowflake Science (Keynote)
Summarizer – Great Expectations	Bill

Monday, July 22, 2024: Scientific Consensus, Direct and Proxy Measurement, and Greenhouse Gases-Past and Present

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Warm-up Activity: Synergistic Notebooks	Louise	Synergistic Notebook Activity Directions
Activity: Direct Measurements and Consensus: Tree Rings and Ice Cores	Kristen	Tree Rings and Ice Cores (Google Slides) Tree Rings and Ice Cored (PDF)
Activity: Direct Measurements: CO₂ Lab	Bill
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	Bill and Jon	Virtual Field Lab Slideshow
Working Lunch Activity: Ice Balloons-Physical Models	Bill	Ice Balloon Models (Keynote) Ice Balloon Models (PDF) Ice Balloon Models (Google Slides)
Direct Measurements: Gas Line Tour and Research Measuring greenhouse gasses-Methane	Jon	Ice Cores and Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere (Slides) Ice Cores and Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere (PDF)
Proxy Measurements Activity: Isotopes, proxies and climate reconstructions Activity: Comparing Global Change-Past and Present Analysis: Pages 1-2	Bill	Isotope Proxies (Keynote) Isotope Proxies (PDF) Isotope Proxies (Google Slides)
Summarizer: 2 things I learned/1 thing I wonder	Louise

Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Effects of our Changing Climate

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Activity setup: Land Ice/Sea Ice/Grounded Ice–sea level rise	Louise	Land Ice/Sea Ice (Google Slides) Land Ice/Sea Ice (PDF)
Activity: Glacier Dynamics and Proxy Models Part 1: Exploration (L) ; Part 2: Proxies (B)	Louise & Bill	Glacier Dynamics and Proxy Models (Google Slides) Glacier Dynamics and Proxy Models (PDF)
Activity: Thwaites EP#3 VFL: Ice Shelf Stability and Pinning Points-Data collection and graphing.	Bill	Thwaites EP #3 VFL
Activity analysis: Land Ice/Sea Ice–sea level rise	Louise
Activity: Thwaites EP#2 VFL: Sea Level Rise Basics	Bill	Thwaites EP #2 VFL
Speaker: Glacial Dynamics Changing Ice in Greenland and Antarctica Sea Level Rise and Thwaites Guest Speaker Q and A	Meghan	Glacial Dynamics (PDF) Antarctica Flow Mov Greenland Flow Mov. Calving and Basal Sliding Video
Forms, Folders and Plan of Action	Louise	Plan Of Action
Activity: Thermohaline Circulation Demos Ice vs. Salt and Fresh Water Convection?	Bill	THC Flask
Speaker: Ocean-Ice Interactions-Thermohaline Circulation Uncertainty in Modeling Historical Rapid Rises in Carbon Dioxide Guest Speaker Q and A	Christo	Ocean-Ice Interactions/THC
Speaker: Process Gas Line Tour-Lab Methane Data Other Greenhouse Gases and Concerns Guest Speaker Q and A	Christo
ACTIVITY: Comparing Global Change-Past and Present Analysis: Pages 3-4 Mt. Hood Field Trip Prep	Bill and Kristen	Mt. Hood Comparing Temp Rise (Google Slides) Mt. Hood Comparing Temp Rise (PDF) Mt. Hood Comparing Temp Rise (KeyNote) Temp Rise Worksheet
Summarizer: (I used to think…)	Bill

Wednesday, July 23, 2024: Effects of our Changing Climate and Comparing Climate Change Past and Present

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Mt. Hood Field TripSpeaker: Historical Geology-Hood RiverActivity: Say it/Do it; Group Discussion; Lunch at Cloud Cap; Activity: Comparing Global Change Data-Past and Present Analysis: Mt. Hood Data Pages 5-6 Dinner @ Mt. Hood	Ed Brook, Bill, Louise, Kristen	Say It-Do It

Thursday, July 25, 2024: Ice Drilling Engineering and Reconstructing Historical Climates: Ice Cores vs. Sediment Cores-los

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Breakout #1: Intro NCA5-Regional Impacts	Bill	NCA-5 5-minute presentations
Breakout #2: Include Tour of ice melting facility	Asmita/ Kristen
Breakout #3: Sediment Core Explorations	Deepa
Whole Group: Comparing Ice Cores and Sediment Cores	Louise
Extended Working Lunch Activity: Ice Drill Engineering Challenge Activity: Build Drill Models Melissa Barker to talk about Project STEAM	Bill and Melissa
Speakers: Ice Drill Engineering Guest Speaker Q and A	Christo and Krissy	Drilling Challenge Pages Page #1 Page #2 Page #3 Answer Key from Krissy
Evaluations Facilitated Plan of Action Time-Reflection Section Writing	Louise	Evaluations

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