What Melting Sea Ice Means for Life in the Arctic

Positives

• In this video, students are exposed to how scientists collect samples, use robotic gliders to take measurements of water, and determine the behavior of algae cells under different conditions.
• Students may be surprised to learn that ice melt is beneficial to some species.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the threats that are facing the Arctic ecosystem.
• Teachers might face some ads in the beginning of the video.

Differentiation

• The teacher could challenge students to pause the video and discuss the studies and research featured in the video.

• This video is great for teaching about species' responses and adaptations to global warming and, more specifically, to changes in the Arctic ecosystem.
  
• Students could watch this video about how the Arctic could affect the weather across the world and then create a graphic organizer showing what they learned.
• Other recommended resources related to this topic include Habitat Degradation: Arctic Melt and Sea Ice and the Earth System Story Map.