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Staying Warm in the Extreme: Metabolism of Baby Seals

Overview

This lesson investigates the correlation between the rate of cellular respiration and metabolic rate of Weddell seal pups. Students will collect data of their personal oxygen consumption rate at rest and during exercise, and evaluate how collecting oxygen data can be used to calculate metabolic rate. Students will comprehend that heat is a product of the reaction of cellular

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Antarctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
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What's Your Proof?

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Antarctic ecosystems are undergoing change at unprecedented levels. In this lesson, students will use real data to evaluate the effect of climate change on Antarctic fish. Denise Hardoy created this lesson plan after joining Dr. Anne Todgham’s team studying Antarctic Fish Development Under Future Ocean Conditions in October/November of 2019.

Objectives

  • Given data sets, graphs, videos, and
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Arctic Antarctic
About a week
Middle School and Up
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Making Sense of Data Sets

Overview

Denise Hardoy created this resource after spending five weeks embedded with Dr. Anne Todgham’s team studying the effects of climate change on Antarctic fishes in 2019. This lesson addresses one of the most difficult aspects of science for students - making sense of data.

Objectives

Success Criteria * Given a graph, students will write an analysis paragraph of a

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Antarctic
Middle School and Up
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Homes Heating Up- A Hermit Crab Investigation

Overview

In this lesson, students will conduct an investigation to discover how the behavior of hermit crabs change as water temperature changes.

Goals

Students will understand and practice the steps of a science investigation through an investigation about hermit crabs’ reaction to changing ocean temperature. Students will understand that as ocean temperatures increase some animals will adapt and some will

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Antarctic
Less than a week
Elementary and Up
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How to Melt a Glacier

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This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to design and carry out an experiment that mimics the conditions causing accelerated ice melt along the face of the Thwaites Glacier off the southwest coast of Antarctica. Created by Sarah Slack during her expedition to Thwaites aboard the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, this activity aligns with the Science and Engineering

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Antarctic
About 1 period
Elementary and Up
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Jumping Into Warming Seas

Overview

This lesson introduces students to the impacts of increasing ocean temperatures on marine life. Through this kinesthetic activity, students will learn more about marine ectotherms and what researchers in Antarctica have learned so far about how increasing temperature in Antarctic waters will affect their growth. Through the elaborate section of the activity students will connect what they learned about

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Antarctic
Less than a week
Middle School and Up
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Growing Up on Ice

Overview

This is a STEM-based lesson that can be taught in class or online. Students will analyze Weddell seal pup growth data, collected by the Growing Up on Ice, B-030, research team. To use this lesson virtually, include the data cards and have students either construct graphs and upload an image of their graph, or construct a graph and share

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Antarctic
About 1 period
High school and Up
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A Day in the Field: Collecting Ice Cores

Overview

Students will engage in a virtual field experience on Huascarán Mountain in Peru, learning about how ice cores are collected and stored.

Lesson Preparation

Refer to Lesson Materials * Copies of Worksheets * Computers for students

Procedure

1. Read National Geographic Encyclopedia Entry Paleoclimatology and answer questions 2. Watch video Recovering Ice Cores (link in Resources). 3. Complete virtual

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Arctic Antarctic
About 1 period
High school and Up
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Fur vs. Blubber: Which is the Better Insulator for Marine Mammals?

Overview:

This lesson investigates the effects of different insulators (fur and blubber) on maintaining the body temperature of polar animals. Water balloons filled with warm water simulate the marine mammal. The blubber insulator will be simulated by covering the balloon in vegetable shortening. The fur insulator will be simulated by placing another balloon over the “marine mammal” and adding an

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Antarctic
About 1 period
Middle School and Up
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Investigating Penguin Populations of Antarctica

Overview

This investigation allows students to explore the geography of Antarctica and become an active member of the citizen science project, PenguinWatch.

Objectives

Students will: * Examine maps of the World, South Polar Regions and Antarctica and interpret geographic location influence on climates * Develop map skills by learning how to use longitude and latitude coordinates to locate 6 research

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Antarctic
More than a week
High school and Up
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