In this activity, students build simple models to demonstrate the differing impacts of melting land ice and sea ice on sea level rise.
Objects in liquid displace the liquid.
The amount of liquid an object displaces is directly related to its volume.
As a result, when ice melts in a container of water, the volume of water in the container does not change.
make predictions about the potential impacts of melting land ice and sea ice.
extension ideas/prompting questions for teachers.
In science, models are often representations of an object or process that enable predictions to be developed and tested. In this activity, students use models to demonstrate the differing impacts that melting land ice and sea ice may have on sea level rise. This fits into the investigating in science aspect of the NZC.