Links For Students
Learning Expeditions
- Checking Out Your Team
Ever wondered what it's like to be part of a research expedition in Antarctica or on the ice sheets in Greenland? In this activity you and your classmates will be responsible for assembling a research team and will meet "virtually" with a scientist who analyzes ice core data from the poles. Will he or she be a good fit for your team?
Ice Science Hot Spots
- Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering : The Institute for Arctic Studies
- Desert Research Institute : Division of Hydrologic Sciences
- Oregon State University : Ice Core and Quaternary Geochemistry Lab
- Penn State University : Department of Geosciences
- The Ohio State University : Byrd Polar Research Center
- University of Colorado at Boulder : Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
- University of Maine : Climate Change Institute
- University of New Hampshire : Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
- University of California - San Diego : Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- University of California - Irvine : Department of Earth System Science
- University of Washington : Department of Earth & Space Sciences
- University of Wisconsin - Madison : Space Science and Engineering Center (Drill Technology)
Where to Go For Fun
- Polar - Palooza: Blogs, vlogs and podcasts from the researchers and expeditions highlighted during the International Polar Year. Check out the Take Aim at Climate Change rap video!
- The Exploratorium: Ice Stories: The adventures of young polar scientists are detailed in blogs and videos from the field.
- Climate Kids: NASA Eyes on the Universe: This site from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers games, answers to big climate questions and fun multi-media for kids.
- Windows to the Universe: This National Earth Science Teachers site contains games, puzzles and a very simple climate model.
- WGBH: The Greens: Check out The Greens - game episodes for kids about looking after the planet
- New York Hall of Science & IBM: Power Up, the Game: Players take on the role of engineers, working together designing and building energy solutions to save the world.
- US Environmental Protection Agency Kids Site: At this location you will find links to games, basic climate information and animations of earth's processes.
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