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Thermal Expansion and Sea Level Rise
Category: For Educators, Strategies for Outreach, Education, and Communication, Ocean and Climate Literacy
Resource Type: PDF
Date Posted: 06/28/2007

Students will use a lab activity to describe the change in water level when the water is exposed to heat, differentiate between thermal expansion and melting snow and ice fields as they relate to sea level rise, and predict the impact of rising sea level on coastal areas. Grade level: 5-9.

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