Resources

Books

• Alley, R. B. 2000. The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 229 pp.
• Benn, D. I., & D. J. Evans. 2010. Glaciers and Glaciation, 2nd edition. Hodder Arnold, London, 816 pp.
• Fagan, B. M. 2009. The Complete Ice Age: How Climate Change Shaped the World. Thames & Hudson, New York, 240 pp.
• Ferguson, S. A. 1992. Glaciers of North America: A Field Guide. Fulcrum Publishers, Golden, CO, 176 pp.
• Imbrie, J., & K. P. Imbrie. 1979. Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery. Enslow Publishers, Short Hills, NJ, 224 pp.
• Macdougall, J. D. 2004. Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages, University of California Press, Berkeley, 256 pp.
• Mickelson, D. M., L. J. Maher Jr., & S. L. Simpson. 2011. Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 305 pp.
• Pidwirny, M. 2006. Landforms of glaciation. In: Fundamentals of Physical Geography, 2nd edition, .
• Ruddiman, W. F. 2001. Earth’s Climate: Past and Future. W. H. Freeman, New York, 465 pp.
• White, C. 2013. The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 272 pp.

Glaciers in the South Central US

• Glaciated Region [of Kansas]: Introduction, at GeoKansas, Geological Extension Program, Kansas Geological Survey, . Lyle, S. A. 2009. Glaciers in Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Public Information Circular 28, 6 pp.
• Mehl, M. G. 1962. Missouri’s ice age animals. State of Missouri, Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources, Educational Series 1, 104 pp.
• Nagel, T. 2001. Missouri’s Icy Past. Missouri Department of Conservation. http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2001/12/missouris-icy-past?page=0,0.

Activities

• Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University. (Lesson plans for grades K-5, including topics such as glacial ice, ice movement, and glacial erosion.).
• Glacier Power, Earth Observing and System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), NASA. (Middle school glacier education resources.).
• Impact of Change in Glacier Ice, Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum, Alaska Sea Grant. (Grade 8 lesson plan on glacier retreat.).
• Learning about Glaciers, Glacier Research Group, Portland State University Geology Department. (High school and college level educational resources.).
• Modeling Glacier Dynamics with Flubber, L. A. Stearns, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Teaching Activities.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Educational Resources. (High school- and college- level educational resources.) .