Launchpad: Thin Ice – Looking at Birefringence
Join teacher scientists as they learn what ice can tell us about the history of winter. Find out why NASA studies ice and what thin ice sections observed through polarizing filters can help us learn. See how to use bubble patterns in ice core samples to show long-term weather patterns.
Activities
Grades 9 through 12
- SpaceMath@NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace Exploring States of Matter with Phase Diagrams
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)/Chandra X-Ray Center Ice Core Records
- SpaceMath@NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace Exploring Snow Density and Volume
- SpaceMath@NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace Exploring Snowflake Shapes