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Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2020

Provided by: NASA |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

In this short animation from NASA, students observe an animated graph and color-coded map of Antarctica that show Antarctica's ice loss over the last 20 years.

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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: NASA

Region: Polar Regions

Languages: English

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Positives

Students can look at the graph and follow along with it, making it useful to visualize the tons of ice loss per year.

Prerequisites

Students need to be familiar with climate change and how it is causing ice melt in Antarctica.

Differentiation & Implementation

This video has no sound and is short, so the teacher can repeat it, pause it, or play it slower to allow students to watch the changes as they unfold.
Students can answer questions about the causes of ice melt in Antarctica or connect it to the concept of albedo.
Teachers can ask students to write explanatory texts based on the data presented in the graph to describe what is happening.

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