Ice Sheets

• NASA's Vital Signs resource on ice sheets displays interactive graphs of ice sheet mass variation for Antarctica and Greenland since 2002. 
• The data and graphs can be downloaded and there are links to other NASA satellite missions. 
  

Positives

• The data are very clear, showing students the observable and verifiable facts.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know how to read a graph.
  

Differentiation

• Advanced students could investigate the positive feedback loop created when large ice sheets melt.
• Any class could use this resource for fact-checking, research, or data analysis related to climate change and sea level rise.
  
• Other resources about this topic include this table of solutions to climate change, this interactive data resource about the causes of greenhouse gas emissions, this lesson plan, and this video.