Instructional Video4:50
NASA

NASA | Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica

3rd - 11th
This guided tour of the area surrounding McMurdo Station in Antarctica uses the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). It's a great way to experience the frozen continent without any risk of frostbite.<br/>
Instructional Video3:53
Curated Video

Glacier

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about glaciers. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth System: Ice and Global Warming

9th - 10th
This video segment [3:04] adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center details how global warming may already be responsible for a significant reduction in glacial ice, which may in turn have significant consequences for the planet.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice Movement: Part I

9th - 10th
This video segment [3:33] adapted from NOVA explains why ice sheets move. To find out how fast they move, scientists carve a tunnel through a glacier.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice Movement: Part Ii

9th - 10th
Within Antarctic ice sheets are fast-moving streams of ice. This video segment [5:15] adapted from NOVA hypothesizes about how ice streams are the result of warming at the end of the last ice age.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice: Sea Level Change

9th - 10th
What would happen if a portion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt? This video segment [3:19] adapted from NOVA uses animations to show the effect of a 6-meter sea-level rise on coastal cities across the world.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Community of Ancient Bacteria

9th - 10th
We'll talk with researcher studying a community of bacteria that has been isolated from the surface for millions of years. They describe some of the biochemical processes that have allowed the bacteria to survive below glacier ice, and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Helheim Glacier

9th - 10th
Why is the study of glaciers important? Glacial ice serves many functions that affect the entire Earth system, including regulating global moisture, temperature, and ocean salinity. Studying glaciers allow us to better understand how...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mystery Beneath the Ice the Under Ice Environment

9th - 10th
Watch a colorful display of light under the Antarctic! This video reveals what is below the sea ice and the pictures are stunning. Closed caption available. [4:35]