Activities

• The Human Altimeter
  (Adapted from "The Human Laser" by David Guerra, The Physics Teacher, Vol 34., March 1996.)

Lithos

• ICESAT Litho (.pdf)

Useful Webpages

• What is Lidar? http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/sparcle/sparcle_tutorial.html

• What is Laser Altimetry? http://www.geolas.com/Pages/laser.html

• Optics for Kids: http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html#OSA

• OSA Customer Service: Optics Kits for Classrooms: http://w3.osa.org/ctalog/division2.htm

• Western Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative: http://igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais

• Math exercises on Ice Sheets & Sea Level Rise: http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov

See also ICESat's Public Outreach Page