Kelsey Bahler

Date:
March 11
1 hour

Topic:
Salt and fresh water systems
Glacial Movement

Class:
Science 8/9

9:23-10:20
GLOs

2. Investigate and interpret linkages among landforms, water and

climate

SLOs

identify evidence of glacial action, and analyze factors affecting the

growth and attrition of glaciers and polar icecaps (e.g., identify factors
that affect the size of polar ice sheets and the Columbia Icefield)

Objectives

Students will:
1. Discover how a glacier can move, even though it is solid ice
2. Compare advancing and retreating
3. Investigate factors that affect glacial movement

Materials

lab materials: wax paper, glue, borax, water, 2 bowls,

mixing spoons, measuring spoons, whiteboards, textbooks,
rulers, timers (phones)

Preparation

have groups made

have lab materials on counter

Introduction
(5-7 Min)

Talk about Sticky note exit slips from last time (2 mins)
o great question
Lab instructions
o How to make glacier goo
o Measurments:
Elevation
Start and end points. Start must be same. End
will be different.
Average
Lab expectations
o This is for marks
o This is fun, so have fun- but do not get too silly.
o All messes must be cleaned up. All dishes must be
washed. If they are not you will be doing it after
school.

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Body
(50 Min)

10:05/10:10

Sponge Activity

Closure
( Min)

Everyone must be contributing to the group.

Cell phones may be used for timing and timing only
if you are pushing a bunch of buttons I know that you
are not timing
If I think you are being silly I will ask you to sit down
and we will find something for you to work on.

Lab: How does a glacier move?

o Creation (5-7mins)
o Testing (15min)
o Bonus (10-15min)
Lab worksheet (10min)
o Bonus (10min)
Class discussion
o Go through worksheet
o How can glaciers move if they are solid? (pressure
melting)
o How did changing the slope affect movement?
o What else might affect movement? (pressure,
temp, size)
o Do you know how fast a glacier moves? Guess
(about 1cm/hour)
o So how far would they move in one day?
o Get into rows. Talk about what glacier retreating
might be and what advancing might be.
Advancing: when ice builds up more quickly
than it melts
Retreating: when ice melts faster than it is
replaced by new ice.
No matter what they are always moving
downward

Climate research and paragraphs

o In class ipads
o textbooks

Clean up
Discussion