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- Easier - Snow
is frozen water that falls from the sky. All snow
flakes have six sides, but no two snow flakes are the
same.
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- Harder - Snow
is precipitation in the form of small white ice
crystals. Snow is formed from the water vapor in the
air at a temperature of less than 32 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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- Extreme
Snow at Discovery Online
- http://www.discovery.com/indep/newsfeatures/extremesnow/extremesnow.html
- Here are facts, photos, and a quiz about snow and
the devastating effects of severe snowfalls.
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- Ice
and Snow from Dragonfly
Magazine
- http://miavx1.acs.muohio.edu/~dragonfly/snow/index.htmlx
- Learn about ice and snow and how to make an igloo
and your own 'virtual' snowflake.
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- Kids
Snow Page
- http://www.teelfamily.com/activities/snow/
- This site features activities about snow. It
includes activities relating to science, art,
literature, and food.
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- National
Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/
- This site is for older, more advanced learners
ready to investigate snow and ice. The many images in
the photo gallery include glaciers, icebergs, ice
shelf, and much more.
- Not-To-Be-Missed Section:
- 2) Questions and Answers About Snow
- http://nsidc.org/NSIDC/EDUCATION/SNOW/snow_FAQ.html
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- Sites By Kids For Kids
- Snowtastic
Snow (1998 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3876/
- Explore lots of snow information; the science of
how it's made, winter safety, and more! This site is a
1998 award-winning ThinkQuest Junior site.
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- Snowstorms
(2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/snowstorms/index.shtml
- Snow is a beautiful thing - waking up in the
morning to find the countryside covered in a pure
white blanket of snow. However, snowstorms, or
blizzards, can also be dangerous; find out what you
can do to prepare yourself!
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- Snow
(Part of Wicked World of Weather, 1996
ThinkQuest Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/3705/snow.htm
- Find out about the mechanics, the elements, and
the danger of snow.
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- More Snow Sites
- Building
an Igloo (Ben Meadows Company)
- http://www.benmeadows.com/ResourceLibrary/igloo.html
- Here are the directions for building an igloo,
including a warning.
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- How
do Snowflakes Form? (Lansing State
Journal)
- http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/100897.html
- The site has a brief article describing what
causes snowflakes to form.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Beautiful Science of Snow at the Christian
Science Monitor
- http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/02/22/fp22s1-csm.shtml
- 3) How Do Snowflakes Form http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/100897.html
- 4) How Does A Cloud Rain? http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF8/828.html
- 4) The Life History of a Snowflake http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF8/868.html
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- Snow
as a Resource by D. R. Powell
- http://WWW-GeoImages.Berkeley.EDU/GeoImages/Powell/powellsnow.html
- Here you can see 100 pictures of snow and the
effects of snowfall.
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- Snow
Booklet
- http://ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu/~odie/snowtxt.html
- This page promotes the book, but also offers a few
interesting facts about snow and snowfall in the
U.S.
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- Snow
Crystals
- http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
- The many facets of snow crystals are described
here, along with attempts to understand their
formation.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Basic Shapes of Snow Crystals http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wsnocrys.htm
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- Snowflakes
- http://www.macatawa.org/~oias/snowflak.htm
- This brief site had good information about ice
crystals.
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- Why
Do Snowflakes Crystallize Into Such Intricate
Structures? from Scientific American
- http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/environment/environment23/environment23.html
- Scientist C. A. Knight explains the formation and
structure of snowflakes.
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- Wilson
Snowflake Bentley: Photographer of
Snowflakes
- http://www.snowflakebentley.com/
- Learn about the life and work of an unusual man,
Wilson A. Bentley, the snowflake man.
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- Websites For Teachers
- Let
it Snow! by J. Goodwin
- http://www.wsanford.com/~jgoodwin/technology/snow.html
- Students will learn about and make snowflakes.
Visit the snowflake 'Hall of Fame.'
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- Make
It Snow by J. Keeler & C. Ashbridge (Grade
6)
- http://168.170.14.9/Products\Units\2nd\jkeelelu2.htm
- This unit plan employs a variety of Caldecott
Award and Honor books that depict snow and include
images photographed by Wilson Bentley. Students
examine snow from the viewpoint of art, geometry, and
literary expression.
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- No
Flakes Like Snowflakes!
- http://www.microsoft.com/education/mctn/?ID=flake
- Students explore snowflakes from the inside by
making their own.
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- Snow
- http://cgee.hamline.edu/snow/
- Learn about and join this collaborative online
project that investigates snow. In the winter of 2001,
this ongoing project will become a student-managed
activity from Crossroads Elementary School .
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- Snow
Density Experiment at SnowSchool (Grade
2-6)
- http://www.snowschool.com/density.html
- A complete lesson with handout, learning goals and
background information
- Another SnowSchool Experiment:
- 2) Snow Melting Experiment (Grade 2-6) http://www.snowschool.com/melting.html
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- Snowstorms
in the Classroom from How Stuff Works
- http://express.howstuffworks.com/wq-snowstorm.htm
- Let's find out how and why some regions in the
United States get more than 100 inches of snow year
after year.
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- Stop
by the Web on a Snowy Evening at Education
World
- http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson097.shtml
- Here are snow lessons and activities for all
ages!
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- Snow
Project
- http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/science/snow-e.html
- This website guides the study of snow.
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- Snow
Science Art (Grade 1)
- http://www.kinderart.com/across/snow.htm
- Students use four different mixtures to draw snow
crystals.
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snowball
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snowbank
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symmetry
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snowblindness
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snowy
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snowstorm
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snowbound
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snowcap
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snow drift
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snowfall
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snowsuit
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avalanche
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snow
fence
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snowflake
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snow
survey
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snow job
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snowshoe
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snowplow
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snow pack
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snowed in
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snow machine
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snowman
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snowboard
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snow ice cream
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snowbird
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glacier
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sleet
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blizzard
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snow day
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ice
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tessellations
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snow goose
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snowshoe
hare
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snowy owls
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snowy egret
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Snow
White
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snow line
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snow shower
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snow squall
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snow flurry
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snow advisory
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snow cover
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- Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson. Updated by
Nancy
Smith
6/01.
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