Education

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Education for Grade School Students

These tools teach mathematical concepts for glaciology and ice sheet science aimed at K-12 students.

Visualizing Glacier/Ocean Changes
A simple 1-D glacier model to teach students about glacier/ocean changes.

Education for Graduate Students and Ice Sheet Scientists

These tools teach mathematical concepts and introduces some basic concepts of computer programming for glaciology and ice sheet science.

Regression on Ice
Code demonstrations with visualizations of some basic regression / machine learning concepts for glaciology.

Introduction to Python
This educational resource is useful for introducing some basic concepts of computer programming using the Python programming language.

Notebooks for Intro to R
Notebooks in the R language introduce computing and visualization packages and techniques.

Educational Videos

The EGU-sponsored PROTECT Project (Projecting Sea Level Rise: From Ice Sheets to Local Implications) aims to assess and project changes in the land-based cryosphere, with fully quantified uncertainties, in order to produce robust global, regional and local projections of SLR on a range of timescales. The project also provides educational content and videos that are viewable on YouTube and available for download on Zenodo (see links below).

Episode 1: Sea level science – how can we predict sea level rise in the future? Download video at the following DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12177316

Episode 2: Antarctica, a game changer for sea level rise Download video at the following DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12179209

Episode 3: Vanishing glaciers: a cause of sea-level rise and a threat to water supply Download video at the following DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13383551

Episode 4: Exploring the Vulnerability of the Greenland Ice Sheet Download video at the following DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11060158

VESL visualization tools

These striking visualizations, hosted on NASA JPL’s Virtual Earth System Laboratory (VESL), use the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM) package.

Greenland Basal Friction simulation
Enables users to explore the effect of friction at Greenland’s ice-bedrock interface.

Greenland Geothermal Heat Flux simulation Enables users to explore Greenland ice sheet’s sensitivity to geothermal heat flux at the ice-bedrock interface.

Sea Level Rise simulation Presents ISSM simulations of sea-level rise from the present day to 500 years into the future, as the Twaites Glacier retreats inland.

Links

Here are additional resources available to bring the science to others:

VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes Hosted by Dr. Des McDougall, this program provides an immersive virtual field environment for visitors to explore the field, see glacial landforms up close, and gain valuable experience working in the field from their desktops.