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Are glaciers and ice caps melting?
What is the role of glaciers and ice caps in the hydrological cycle?
What is the relationship between glaciers and humans?
What are the consequences of melting ice caps and rising sea levels?
Which global communities depend on glaciers and how can we map that relationship?
How will these communities be affected by melting glaciers?
For the water class, students investigated ice cap melting and it’s impact on the earth. Students conducted research and created posters for this project. Please look at some of the posters below:
https://gcevoices.com/mml/2012/11/01/global-ice-melt-mml/
https://docs.google.com/a/gcechicago.com/document/pub?id=18r6Nq5csQbGQr1e3abT2xgi-yNbvyKP-k93o5WQs0-Y
Students visited UNICEF headquarters in downtown chicago to discuss how climate change impacts global water and sanitation issues. We investated how UNICEF responds to current water conflicts around the world.