Positives

• Students will view helpful animated graphics depicting the construction of two different types of ice stupas.
• The importance of experimentation is emphasized and provides an excellent talking point about the value of never giving up.
• Stunning visuals of massive ice stupas, as well as the mountainous region itself, help to keep students engaged.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• A PBS ad may play before the video begins.
• Because the vocabulary is somewhat rigorous, a definition list will be helpful.
• A brief introductory definition of stupa would be beneficial.

Differentiation

• The video begins with a Ladakhi cultural event so teachers can use the visuals as a starting point for a class discussion about cultural events worldwide. How do events compare and contrast?
• Geography teachers can utilize the video as a starting point for a lesson about elevation, altitude, and cultures that survive at great physical heights.
• Stupas resemble very large, domed igloos with an interior pipe structure, so science teachers can have students recreate scaled-down stupas using ice or a warm-weather substitute.
• Math teachers can discuss the differences between the metric and imperial systems since the project developer in the video mentions measurements via the metric system.