In 1995, short term predictions of about a 2 inch increase by the year 2000 have been made. This small change nonetheless greatly impacts aquatic and coastal ecosystems and will increase the damage brought by heavy storms such as hurricanes and nor'easters. When preparing materials for students, all containers of frozen water should have a set amount of liquid. Students should be given this information so that they may develop a controlled experiment. It may be easier to use a set number of ice cubes so that students will be able to replicate that number.
Students can use heat lamps to control the melting process.
Design an experiment to test hypothesis. Discuss the environmental effects of glacier melts at the Arctic and Antarctic. Adaptable for younger students. This materials list is just a suggestion. You can have students brainstorm for creative ways to design this lab.