School of Snow and Ice-Workshop II: Greenland

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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.

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MONDAY, March 7th, 2022

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Zoom recordings		Zoom AM1 ZoomAM2 Zoom PM1 Zoom PM2 Zoom PM3 Zoom PM4
Welcome	Lars
Polar opposites		To the Ends of the Earth: Polar Opposites
Life Cores	Louise	Life Cores Life Cores-Key Life Cores-PPT Life Cores-PDF
Great Expectations	Louise	Reflections Summarizers-KEY Summarizers-PPT Summarizers-PDF
Snowflake Science	Bill	Snowflake Science-Key Snowflake Science-PPT Snowflake Science-PDF
Snow pit science/Snow flakes	Lars	Snowpit Scienc- Key Snowpit Science-PPT Snowpit Science-PDF
Wheel of Inquiry Investigations – Data collection	Lars	See Snowpit Science
Claims, evidence, data suggests – Making a classroom model of snowpack	Bill/Lars	See Snowpit Science
Presentations – Longitudinal Studies in your classrooms	Lars	See Zoom Recording PM2
Summarizer	Bill

TUESDAY, March 8th, 2022

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Zoom recordings		Recording-AM Recording-PM
Meredith VFL’s: Observations and measurements can reveal the past. (Ice sheet stability	Lars	VFL
Direct Measurements: Tree rings and ice cores	Bill	Direct Measurement: Tree Rings and Ice Cores Tree Rings & Ice Cores-KEY Tree Rings & Ice Cores-PPT Tree Rings & Ice Cores-PDF
Polar Detectives	Louise	Polar Detectives Activity Polar Detectives-KEY Polar Detectives-PPT Polar Detectives-PDF
Decoding Ice Cores: Atmospheric Analysis of CO2 record (Direct Measurements)	Bill	Decoding Ice Cores: Atmospheric Analysis of CO2-Activity CO2-Key CO2-PPT CO2-PDF
Virtual tour of Ed Brook’s CO2 lab	Guest speakers: Katie Wendt & Max Zaldo	See Zoom Link PM
Summarizer-IBSE	Louise	Summarizer

WEDNESDAY, March 9th, 2022

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Zoom recordings		Recording-AM Recording-PM1 Recording-PM2
Ice Balloon exploration of models	Lars	Ice Balloons Directions Ice Balloons-KEY Ice Balloons–PPT Ice Balloons-PDF
Physical models of glaciers/moulins	Lars
Glacier presentation – marine vs. land terminating glaciers	Lars	Glaciers-Greenland-PPT Glaciers-Greenland-PDF
Models of Glaciers – Glacier Goo – Make it with them, use wheel of inquiry for investigations	Louise	Slip Sliding Away Activity Slip Sliding Away-small batch- ppt Glacier Goo Recipe-Bill making big batch Slip Sliding Away Investigation-KEY Slip Sliding Away Investigation-PPT Slip Sliding Away Investigation-PDF
Decoding Ice Cores: Developing Proxy Models – short break while collecting data	Bill	Proxy Models Activity Video of set up Proxy Lab-KEY Proxy Lab-PPT Proxy Lab-PDF
Decoding Ice Cores: Isotopes	Bill	Isotopes Activity Isotopes Lab-KEY Isotopes Lab-PPT Isotopes Lab-PDF

THURSDAY, March 10th, 2022

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Zoom recordings		Recording-AM Recording-PM
Erich Osterberg: VFL – Abrupt climate disruptions	Lars	VFL-Osterberg
Land ice/sea ice set up	Louise	Land Ice/Sea Ice Directions Land Ice/Sea Ice PPT Land Ice/Sea Ice PDF
Engineering Challenge: Designing a Portable Drill Rig	Bill/Louise	Eng. Challenge: Designing a Portable Drill Rig Eng. Challenge-KEY Eng. Challenge-PPT Eng. Challenge-PDF
Drill model make and take	Bill
Land ice/sea ice observation & discussion	Louise	See Land Ice/Sea Ice
Land ice/sea ice observation & discussion	Louise	See Land Ice/Sea Ice
Thermohaline circulation demos	Bill	Thermohaline Key Thermohaline PDF Thermohaline PPT
Thermohaline circulation lab
Guest speaker-abrupt climate disruptions	Erich Osterberg

FRIDAY, March 11th, 2022

ACTIVITY/LAB	PRESENTER	LINK
Zoom recordings		Recording-AM1  Recording-AM2 Recording-PM
VFL: Dom-Climate warnings from Alaska	Lars	Dom Winski-Virtual Field Labs: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3
Land ice/sea ice set up	Louise	Land Ice/Sea Ice Directions Land Ice/Sea Ice PPT Land Ice/Sea Ice PDF
Speaker-Masserli		Mass balance of glaciers (see Zoom AM)
Albedo and feedback loops	Bill/Lars	Energy, temperature and albedo KEY Energy, temperature and albedo PPT Energy, temperature and albedo PDF
Collecting data for longitudinal studies
Science on Ilulissat/teacher assistant	Sarah Das & Erin Towns	See Zoom PM Das & Towns-Illulissat–PPT Das & Towns-Illulissat–PDF
Nature vs Science	Louise	Nature vs Science-KEY Nature vs Science-PPT Nature vs Science-PDF Nature’s Rules
Video	Bill	Link to Video
Evaluations	Louise/Lars	Evaluations

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