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| A Quick Background to the Last Ice Age |
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| [ Mature Teens ] - Features a summary of the sequence of events for the last 130,000 years, from the time the ice started melting. |
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| [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Get the scoop on everything you wanted to know about glaciers. |
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| [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Web site related to the NOVA television program about the big sweep and panorama of the Ice Age. Links to other resources. (November, 1997) |
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| [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - General introduction to glaciers, the Antarctic, and related topics in weather, climate, oceans, and geology, from Rice University. |
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| [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn what a glacier is, how it forms, how it moves, and what types of glaciers exist in the world. |
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| Glaciers and the Glacial Ages |
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| [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn what a glacier is, how it forms, and how frequently ice ages occur. |
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| [ Kids/Teens ] - Interesting facts about the ice ages are written like newspaper articles, with pictures showing how this history has been discovered. Includes details of what life was like for animals at the time. |
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| [ Mature Teens ] - Briefly describes what caused them, how the ice built up, and what later made it melt. |
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| [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A museum exhibit explains what they are, and how and why they occur. Includes animation of the retreating ice in North America. |
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| Orbital Changes: The Ice Ages |
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| [ Kids/Teens ] - Outlines one possible explanation for the big change in climate that resulted in a cold period lasting thousands of years. Includes suggestions for finding out the evidence for this idea. |
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