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1. What is the coldest temperature ever recorded on earth? Brrr.....
Burrow into this query - What was the coldest temperature recorded in your state?
2. List five kinds of snow crystals.
3. Is snow edible? (What does edible mean?)
What is a snowburst? How can they be dangerous?
4. If the wind speed is 20 MPH and the temperature is 5° Fahrenheit what is the wind chill?
What impact does an increasing wind speed have on wind chill?
5. How many centuries ago did people first ice skate?
6. One form of sledding is the luge. What natural force slows the luge?
7. What is the winter sport of Skeleton?
How fast do they go? Use your online research skills to find the answer.
8. What is the winter solstice?
9. When was the most recent ice age in North America?
10. How do glaciers change the land they cross?
11. The Iditarod is an annual race that depends on wintery weather.
What do you think is unusual or unique about the race?
12. Name one step to take if you are caught in an avalanche.
13. Hypothermia is defined as when your core body temperature goes below normal for you.
If you are becoming hypothermic you would show the "umbles" signs. What are the umble signs ?
14. Winter is a good time to study glaciology. What is glaciology?
Web surf tip - When you go to a web page you may get a 404 object not found! message.
Try this trick. In the location bar of your browser, delete the letters back to the first slash mark /.
So in this glaciology link url delete " glac_what.html ". Then tap the return key. Aha!
15. Chart reading challenges:
What is the average snowfall in your area in the month of January? Use the chart to find the closest city in your state.
Which city gets the most snowfall in February?
Let's compare. I live in Pennsylvania . The closest city is Harrisburg. Who gets more snow: Me or You?
1. The prediction of graupel was good news to the winter festival sledding committee. Explain.
(Use your online research skills to develop an answer.)
Extra: The curious growth of a snow crystal - make 3 snow flakes. What is a pattern you observe?
Try the online Winter Crossword Puzzle - you must have Java enabled to play.
"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated., When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind." Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley |
Finished Already?
Which would freeze first: hot water or cold water? Write your hypothesis.
Now learn the answer ... Conduct an experiment at home to see if you get the same results.
Compile the results of each person in the class. What are the group’s findings?
Winter Song Photo Story | Winter Scene Writing activity 3rd - 6th
Read the digital book The Story of Snow. As you read it, make a list of the facts.
Place a checkmark next to the facts that are new to you. What percentage of the facts are new information for you?
Science Observation Activity - A Wintery Hole | Needles | Steps | Roadside mess | Winter Mystery
Hone your Descriptive Writing skills using a work of art by Fern Isabel Coppedge - 7th up
Gather a bunch (25 or more) wintery words. Use them to make a crossword puzzle.
Build a virtual snowman. Write 3 paragraphs about your snowman. Conclude by naming your creation.
On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea - explore polar science | Cold Duck on Ice
Frog Popsicle | Frost Free Toads | Insect antifreeze | Hold your Breath | Winter Nap
Let it snow! describe snow | Visit the Tundra
Facts web site.
Take a peek at the Australian Antarctic Program to see what they are up to. | Explore Earth's Polar Regions
Explore the Cryosphere. | Ice Stories - Dispatches from Polar Scientists
A Tour of the Life of a Glacier | Scope out Antarctica at USGS - Flying Tour of McMurdo Area
A Multimedia History of Glacier Bay, Alaska | Tackle this outdoor
Winter Scavenger Hunt | Igloo
making
Wintery calculations: Ice Cubed | Brrr... | What makes a blizzard a blizzard?
A Chilly Charizard! | Snow Kidding | Icy Continent
What is important about -273° Celsius?
Check out Surviving
Denali | Ice Stories - Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Select one of the explanations of climate change given at Cracking
the Ice Age.
Do you agree with or dispute the explanation? Support your
answer.
Tell the story of Polly Cooper and the Oneida people during the winter at Valley Forge
Make Your Own Answer Sheet Form using Word Processing
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Save a tree - use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid 
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or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work. Or perhaps you have the resources to record verbal answers. If you do, be sure to first read / record the question. Then record the answer immediately after it.
Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. 
Make your own printer paper answer sheet