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Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic Time Machine
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/lee-hotz-inside-an-antarctic-time-machine

Lee Hotz, TED-Ed

In this TED talk, Wall Street Journal science columnist Lee Hotz describes the research of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide project, in which scientists examine ice core records of climate change in the past to help us understand climate change in the future.

Video length 9:46 min.

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Teaching Tips | Science | Pedagogy | Technical Details

Teaching Tips

  • This is meant to be used in a "flipped" lesson. Teachers should explore the Ted-Ed site to learn more about using flipped lessons.
  • Other resources in the CLEAN collection can be used to investigate ice cores more closely after watching this video.

About the Content

  • Science columnist Lee Hotz describes the project at Western Antarctic ice sheet divide, where a team of scientists drills into ten-thousand-year-old ice cores to extract and analyze vital data on our changing climate.
  • Comments from expert scientist: The video is concise and easy to understand for people not within science fields. The speaker, Lee Hotz, captures interest without using much jargon. This seems like a nice, brief introduction into Antarctic ice drilling.

About the Pedagogy

  • This is a TED-Ed video lecture, which viewers can watch and then take a quick quiz before digging deeper into some other online resources that align with the video.
  • Quick quiz and think questions are for accountability rather than conceptual understanding.

Technical Details/Ease of Use

  • Quality up to 480 pixels. Best viewed online or using a projector.
Entered the Collection: August 2013 Last Reviewed: September 2016

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