Breaking Down Barriers
Supporting Community Engagement and Effective Science Communication
Supporting Community Engagement and Effective Science Communication
We have discontinued the Breaking Down Barriers program but will continue to make available its web resources. If you have questions, please email us.
Study the evidence of glacial retreat the way glaciologists do!
Choose from three modular activities, developed by NCSE Graduate Student Outreach Fellow Meera Sethi, to achieve linked learning goals. In the first, historic vs. contemporary photos of the same glaciers dramatically illustrate the retreat of mountain ice. In In the second, "glacier goo" in cups gives participants a hands-on opportunity to measure changes the way glaciologists do. In the third, a simple guessing game demonstrates how glaciers act as a major fresh water storage system for humans, plants, and wildlife.