Journal Entry
For this experiment we will be asking the question; Is there salt in a glacier? To do this, we are going to melt dirty ice (ice with lots of sediment/dirt in it) and clean ice (ice without sediment) from the Taylor Glacier. After we melt the ice, we are going to test the melt water for pH and conductivity and then determine how much salt is actually in our ice samples.
To see if there is salt in a glacier we collected both dirty ice (right) and clean ice (left) from the Taylor Glacier.
Our ice samples are all melted and ready to be tested for pH and conductivity.
Below you will find a video that shows us doing the experiment. Use the student handouts and record the data that we collected and then answer the questions to see if there really is salt in a glacier.
Is There Salt in a Glacier Video
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