Global Ups & Downs: Changing Sea Level (6-12)

Teacher Background Resources

Glossary of Glacier Terminology
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-844
This website is an excellent resource for glacial terminology and images.

Prairies in the Prairie State : How Glaciers Shape the Land
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-845
Good background information about glaciers and the sediment they carry.

On-line resources and lessons that use them:

Global Warming
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-846
A NASA Earth Observatory site exploring the science behind the global warming issue.
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Field Notebooks
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-847
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Sea Level Change - Melting Sea Ice
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-136

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Sea Level: Ice Volume Changes
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-849
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Glossary of Glacier Terminology
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-844

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Prairies in the Prairie State : How Glaciers Shape the Land
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-845
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Coming of the Ice!
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-007-769
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North America: Countries
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-100
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Paleomap Project
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-850
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Laurentide Ice Sheet movie clip
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-101
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A Changing Ice Sheet
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-852
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Florida Limestone and Fossil Reef
http:teachingboxes.org/seaLevel/lessons/lesson4_reefs/index1.htm
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Florida map
http://teachingboxes.org/seaLevel/lessons/lesson4_reefs/florida_topobathy_gray.htm
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Geologic Time
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-864
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Getting into the Fossil Record
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-002-402
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Foram Facts
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-004-888
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Climate Analysis Using Planktonic Foraminifera
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-004-904
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The Mass Extinctions
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-865
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Sea Level animation
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-866
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Topographic Salad-Tray Model
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-867
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Mapping Potato Island
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-867
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Mapping Ancient Coastlines
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-869
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TopoZone
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-000-103
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Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Doom Towns
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-870
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Modeled Climate-Induced Glacier Change in Glacier National Park, 1850-2100
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-871
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TRINIDAD'S RISING SEAS: Effects of Global Warming
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-872
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Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level?
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-873
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GLOBE: A Gallery of Images
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-102
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Xpeditions Atlas
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=NASA-Edmall-2380
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Sea Level Movie
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-008-866
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