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Layers of Ice

This is a lesson about the formation of glaciers, ice layering and stratigraphy, and the cryosphere and cryobotics. Learners will collect evidence of layering, explore the science story that layering tells, study snow and ice for insights into climate change, and learn about the tools used to explore ice layers on Earth and in the solar system. Connections between rings of a tree and rings in an ice core will be made. Activities include small...

Keywords:: Earth and Space Science:Earth Processes:Weather, Social Sciences, Earth and Space Science:Earth Structure:Atmosphere, History of Science, History/Policy/Law, NSDL, The Nature of Science:The Scientific Process, Physical Sciences:States of Matter, Physics, Earth and Space Science:Earth Structure:Geology, Planetary Science, Kinesthetic Activity, Earth System Science, Earth and Space Science:Earth Structure:Cryosphere, Atmospheric Science, The Nature of Science:Science and Society, Mathematics -- Measurement, Geoscience, Geography, Physical Sciences:Heat and Thermodynamics, Mathematics, Earth and Space Science:Earth Structure:Landforms/geography, Earth and Space Science:Earth Processes:Climate, Earth and Space Science:Earth Processes:Geologic Processes, Physical Sciences:Energy