Simple Classroom Activities

The Technology
Behind the Drill Rig
A simple flash animatin showing how the ANDRILL team will drill through the ice shelf and down to the sediment during the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project (2006).
http://www.andrill.org/iceberg/educators/rig/


Ice Sheets, Ice Shelves,
and Ocean Circulations
This requires Flash 8. If the videos are not playing in this piece, download Flash 8 here.
What would happen if Antarctica's ice shelves were to melt? Or how about the ice sheets? Take a look at the differences between these two types of ice. Also check out how global temperature affects ocean circulations around the world.
http://www.andrill.org/iceberg/flash/ice/ice.swf


The Science Process
Apply ANDRILL's scientific process to what you explore every day in your classroom.
http://www.andrill.org/iceberg/educators/scienceprocess/index.html

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