The NSIDC Education Center offers educators and the public information on snow, ice, glaciers, sea ice, and other elements of the cryosphere. Linked below are more science resources from NSIDC that are especially appropriate for educators, students, and the general public. These resources include online map tools, video, printed and printable materials, photographs, animations, science news, and more.

Arctic Climatology Project--EWG Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas
These three atlases on CD-ROM provide information on arctic oceanography, sea ice, and meteorology.

Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis
This site provides year-round monthly updates on Arctic sea ice conditions.

Atlas of the Cryosphere
Create online maps of snow, sea ice, glaciers, and more.

Good Days on the Trail, 1938-1942: Film Footage of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Read about the film and order a DVD, which features historical University of Colorado student alpine hikes in the Front Range mountains.

Google Earth: View NSIDC Data on Virtual Globes
Use Google Earth™ software to view images of some of our most interesting scientific data on a virtual globe. View glaciers, sea ice, snow cover, ice shelves, and more.

International Polar Year Poster
NSIDC helped produce this poster in celebration of the International Polar Year.

Into the Arctic: Information and Educational Activities for Studying Climate Change
This CD-ROM contains educational materials about climate change, using real data from a study of Greenland's ice sheet.

Larsen B Ice Shelf Collapse
View an animation of the 2002 collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf.

Movie of Arctic sea ice in Google Earth (Quicktime, 512 KB)
Watch September Arctic sea ice extent from 1978 to 2007. For background on the importance of sea ice, see Arctic Sea Ice News, a melt-season blog that tells the the story of Arctic sea ice melt.

NASA: Supporting Earth System Science 2006
This annual publication highlights research that uses NASA Earth-observing data, including data from NSIDC. Articles explore research on habitat mapping, sea and lake ice, hurricanes, pollution drift, and more. Access the publication from the NASA Earth System Science Data and Services Web site.

NSIDC Posters and Presentations
Sort a table of NSIDC staff posters and presentations by subject; look for "outreach/education" selections to find files and abstracts appropriate for a general audience.

Repeat Photography of Glaciers Special Collection
Compare "then and now" photographs of glaciers as they change through time.

When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change
In this interactive, multi-media CD-ROM, Inuit from two communities, Baker Lake (Qamani'tuaq) and Clyde River (Kangiktugaapik) in Nunavut, Canada, share their observations and perspectives on recent environmental changes.