Summer Teacher Workshop at KU

The Heat is On!  Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom

A National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) is based at the University of Kansas.   CReSIS focuses its research on understanding the role of the polar ice sheets in sea level rise as a response to global climate change.  This summer’s workshop, “The Heat is On! Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom,” will focus on global climate change, its impacts on the cryosphere, and the remote sensing techniques used at CReSIS.  The workshop consists of one week of work at CReSIS with four pre-workshop assignments to be completed prior to the workshop.  Participants will have the opportunity to meet and work with world class scientists addressing climate change and sea level rise issues and develop resources to use in the classroom. 

The 2008 summer workshop at KU is now over.

Below are videos of scientist presentations at the workshop with the accompanying PowerPoint presentations. These videos must be viewed with Internet Explorer.

Talk 1: Introduction to Climate Change - Dr. Richard Alley
Slides:  (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 2: Glacier Flow - Dr. C.J. van der Veen
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 3: Energy Balance and Circulation Systems - Mitch Oswald
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 4: Sea Ice - Dr. Victoria Lytle
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 5: Ice Cores and Climate - Dr. Lonnie Thomposon - Coming Soon
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 6: Radar and Satellite Remote Sensing - Dr. Chris Allen
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 7: Global Climate Models - Dr. Johannes Feddema
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 8: Local and Regional Impacts - Dr. Nathan Brunsell
Slides: (pdf)  (ppt)

Talk 9: Slip Slidin' Away - Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan (video coming soon)
Slides: (pdf)