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Participants investigate a frozen sphere, trying to learn about objects hidden inside and comparing that process to how planetary scientists at NASA investigate "icy worlds."

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Add a Tech Twist Optional: infrared thermometer, infrared video camera, digital microscope
Hints for uses in your library This activity was developed as part of a toolkit for museum staff and includes a suite of online resources in English and Spanish to engage learners in any setting. Enhance this activity by using additional tools, including infrared thermometers and infrared video cameras to take temperature measurements and/or a digital microscope to make close-up observations. See "Reflections on Ice" (http://clearinghouse.starnetlibraries.org/earth-science/180-reflections-on-ice-how-we-look-for-ice.html) for even more ideas.
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Related Links Websites:
Oceans by NASA Kids
10 Interesting Things About Water
What Else Do We Need to Find Out
Zip file with activity instructions and images in English and Spanish
ICESat - Interactions for kids
Is there Ice on Other Planets?
Frozen: Ice on Earth and Well Beyond
Seeing Hidden Worlds Under Melting Ice

Videos:
NISE Network: Ice Orbs Content Training Video
Enceladus: Cassini Cracks the Case of the Icy Moon
Two New Satellites Set to Study One of Earth's Most Critically Changing Regions
Originating Source The Science Museum of Minnesota
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Miles from Tomorrowland: Journey to the Frozen Planet
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
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The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
Let's Explore... Ocean
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars
Pieces of Another World
Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

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Ice Orbs

Ice Orbs

Participants investigate a frozen sphere, trying to learn about objects hidden inside and comparing that process to how planetary scientists at NASA investigate "icy worlds."