Students will learn via experimentation that ice formations on land will cause a rise in sea level when they melt, whereas ice formations on water will not cause a rise in sea level when they melt. Students will learn that ice is less dense than water and that ice displaces water equal to the mass of the ice.
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
Lesson Plan Overview
Literacy Principles:
OLP#6: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.