How Does Melting Ice Affect Sea Level?

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• Teaching Tips
  To get all of the activities related to this topic and see where this activity fits into a larger sequence, go to [http://www.andrill.org/flexhibit/flexhibit/materials/activities/index.html] Choose items for the land-based portion that are engaging to your particular students.
• About the Science
  Activity effectively models difference between melting sea ice vs land ice. Comments from expert scientist: This activity shows that ice melting on land will raise sea level and that sea ice melting will not raise sea level. Good for the elementary school level.
• About the Pedagogy
  The illustrated directions for students are exceptionally well done and each step is accompanied by excellent images to guide students. An excellent use of models to illustrate how scientists determine past climate history. Students should use their markers to predict the increase of water in each box before the ice melts. Students present results to visitors in a kind of science exhibit/presentation format. Learning objectives listed in Leader Notes.
• Technical Details/Ease of Use
  The teacher guide for all the Andrill activities is housed at a separate site: [http://www.andrill.org/flexhibit/flexhibit/materials/activities/Leader_Notes.pdf]. The clear and well-written directions are easy to follow.