PHET Interactive Simulations: Glaciers
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Topics
Glaciers
Climate
Description
Adjust mountain snowfall and temperature to see the glacier grow and shrink. Use scientific tools to measure thickness, velocity and glacial budget.
Sample Learning Goals
Explain how environmental conditions (temperature and precipitation) impact glacial mass budget; identify where snow accumulates in a glacier and justify why.
Explain how ice moves within a glacier; describe and illustrate flow within a glacier.
Explain or illustrate (demonstrate) how glaciers (i) stay at equilibrium, (ii) grow/advance, (iii) shrink/retreat, and (iv) form; compare climatic conditions leading to each.
Determine and illustrate how multiple advance-retreat cycles affect the record of glacial end moraines.
Language:
English
Curriculum Alignment:
CAPS aligned
Publication Date:
2020-02-13
Grade:
10
Audience:
Learners
Teachers
Parents
Type:
Application
Copyright:
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