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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Do Ice Ages Occur? - Part 2
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Science, Our Solar System and 4 additional..This document provides an explanation of the factors that are thought to drive the growth and retreat of continental glaciers wh...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Do Ice Ages Occur? - Part 1
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Earth's Resources, Cells, Earth & Space Science and 7 additional..This document discusses possible factors that contributed to the formation of massive continental glaciers during four periods o...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is Happening to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Science, Physics, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This site discusses the loss of ice from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which has been observed for the last thirty years. Topics...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Are the Physical Effects of Glaciers?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Physics, Science, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This text explains how glaciers scour and grind the Earth's surface, and about the sorts of deposits they leave behind. Emphasis...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUF News: Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstable in Past Warming Periods
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This news article examines evidence that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet have undergone episodes of instability that appear to ...Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
Retreat of the Muir Glacier
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Technology and 5 additional..This animation shows the retreat of the Muir Glacier between 1941 and 1982. A scale bar gives some idea of the distance involved.Views: 0Favorites: 0 - Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
Ice Sheets
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This educational brief describes the nature and properties of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets. Topics include the thickn...Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGraph of Ice Volume on the Earth
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Science, Atomic Structure, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..This graph shows the general trend of changing ice volume on the Earth over the last 750,000 years. The extent of ice is estimat...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGalileo k-12 Educator's Resources
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Technology and 4 additional..The Galileo educator site offers educators and students interesting facts about NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and Europa, an...Views: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
Fly-By Theater: Glacier Bay, Alaska, From the Ground, Air, and Space
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Physics, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This collection of computer-generated animations shows glaciers and glacial landforms in the vicinity of Glacier Bay, Alaska. An...Views: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Disintegrating Glacier
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..Recent satellite images have revealed two new icebergs floating off the Antarctic coast. The icy behemoths are fragments of the ...Views: 0Favorites: 0