Polar Lessons | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center

2 team members collaborate in the field. The landscape is gray and snowy

Explore real data from an ice core

Model of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Glowing green and blue

Fluid Earth Viewer

A view team members working an ice core drill at Huascaran

Virtual Ice Explorer

Keep It Cool

cartoon photo of a mountain with a snow cap, a valley, and a body of water

Stop-Motion Videos

Glacier at sunrise with the text "Exploring polar science"

Exploring Polar Science 4-H Project Book

Beyond Polar Bears and Penguins Magazine

Rock Boxes for Education

Coloring book line art of Byrd Center Scientist Michalea King.

Science Snapshot Coloring Books

group of people gather around a table discussing a project on ice cores

Create Classroom Ice Cores

A pair of black and white photos side by side. The first is an old man from the shoulders up with a graying beard and wearing a fur-lined hood. The second is a young man from the shoulders up with a dark beard also wearing a fur-lined hood.

Cold Cases: Lessons in Historical Skills and Methods

Flubber Glacier Flow Lesson. A young boy plays with a glacier model while sitting on the floor

Flubber Glacier Flow Lesson

Book shelf lined with different colored books

Byrd Bibliography

Survival Team Building Lesson. Two orange tents sit covered in snow on a snowy rocky landscape

Survival Team Building Lesson

SERC (The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College)

large sled on display in front of rock shelving

walking through permafrost tunnel

Permafrost Tunnel Gateway Tour