NASA's Earth Minute: Greenland Ice

• This concise and explanatory video allows students to understand why scientists are studying the effects of climate change on Greenland's ice sheet. 
• It shows how global warming is affecting ice sheets and how melting ice sheets can affect the rest of the planet.
  

Positives

• This is a short video that uses animations to clarify the information presented. 
• The metaphor they use to explain why Greenland's ice is important is clear and easy to understand. 
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know where Greenland and Antarctica are on a map.
• Students should know what a tonne is and be familiar with the metric system. 
• There is a commercial before the video.
  

Differentiation

• This would be a great video to demonstrate how changes in one place can have effects in many other areas.
• In a science class this could be used to show the importance of ice sheets to global climate, sea level, and regional weather patterns.
• This video could be integrated into a social studies class when learning about geography. 
• Some related resources are Ice Sheets and NASA Climate Time Machine.