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The Melting Arctic — An Interactive Story

Ice, seals, and the science of a warming ocean

About this material

A hands-on module that takes students through the Arctic ecosystem via real-world data from the Icelandic Seal Centre. Students explore how sea-ice loss affects seals, cod fisheries and coastal Iceland — then design their own local monitoring project.

Learning objectives

  • Explain how Arctic sea-ice loss cascades through marine food webs.
  • Interpret real seal-population and sea-ice datasets.
  • Design a small-scale citizen-science observation plan.

Use in class

Best run across three consecutive science lessons. Pair with the accompanying teacher guide for classroom discussion prompts.