Resolve to Solve PBS Ep 6 Doomsday Glacier Video Worksheet + Google Forms

A one-period fill-in-the-blank worksheet for Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien (PBS, 2026) - Episode 6: Inside Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier, plus answer key. Designed to be completed during the 27-minute episode runtime. Print, hand out, and you're set. Ready as a no-prep sub plan, emergency sub plan, or movie-day lesson.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Worksheet (1 page, 15 fill-in-the-blank questions in transcript order)
• Answer key (1 page, simple numbered list)
• PDF format
• A self-grading Google Forms quiz - auto-graded the moment students submit
• Multiple choice, built from the same questions as the printable worksheet
• Assign paperless through Google Classroom, or by link - works on any device
• One-click access: the last page of the PDF carries a "make a copy" link that copies the quiz straight into your own Google Drive
• Use the printable worksheet, the digital quiz, or both

PERFECT FOR

• Earth Science and AP Environmental Science classes covering glaciers, ice sheets, sea-level rise and ocean circulation
• Oceanography and Marine Science classes teaching density stratification, water masses, salinity and current measurement
• Middle and high school STEM and engineering classes evaluating a proposed geoengineering solution against cost, feasibility and governance criteria
• Physics and Physical Science classes covering heat transfer, density and buoyancy with real instrument data from a research expedition
• Substitute teacher lesson plans, movie-day packets, and homeschool families running a climate, polar-science or oceanography block

ALSO WORKS FOR

• Emergency sub plans - leave the episode and this worksheet; a sub needs no prep and no subject knowledge.
• First week of school - a low-stakes, self-contained assignment while routines are still settling.
• Movie day with accountability - students have something to complete while the documentary runs.
• No-prep days - print and go, or assign the PDF digitally.

PAIRS WITH

• NOVA: Operation Space Station video worksheets - another Miles O'Brien-era PBS science build, following the engineering and problem-solving behind the International Space Station
• A Life on Our Planet video worksheets - David Attenborough's account of a changing climate, for the unit context behind the ice loss this episode measures

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