How to Grow a Glacier

Positives

• This video offers a climate-related solution that many students may have never heard of or even knew was possible.
• It uses engaging animations, maps, and stories to entertain viewers while also educating them.
• The video webpage includes eight think questions, a dig deeper section with additional resources, and a discuss section with a guided prompt for discussion.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students must sign in to use the interactive features of the website.
  
• Students should know who Genghis Khan was.
• Students should have some geographic familiarity with the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges.
  

Differentiation

• Students can compare and contrast the benefits of a vertical glacier with a horizontal glacier.
  
• Students can draw a detailed image or write how-to instructions for creating an artificial glacier.
• Students can research the history surrounding the use of glaciers to stop Genghis Khan.
• Students can analyze how artificial glaciers can benefit the water supply and irrigation systems of a particular region.
• Other resources related to glaciers include this video about the collapsing Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, this lesson about how environmental conditions impact glaciers, and this interactive media comparing images of different glaciers over time.