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Salty Snow Silhouette

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research outstanding artwork, from fine art to advertising, that is created with snow scenes silhouettes. They experiment with how to depict various weather conditions, such as snow, when creating a painting. Afterward, they...
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Stimulating Narrative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create an art project and write a process paper  as a response to literature.  In this literature response lesson, students listen to Lynn Ehlert's, Snowballs before decorating a construction paper snowman. They write a...
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How Does the Earth's Energy Budget Relate to Polar Ice?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use satellite data to see how radiation budget relates to the ice that is present in the North.  In this energy lesson plan students correlate data to see a relationship. 
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Science Jeopardy - The Earth Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The earth sciences are the focus for this Jeopardy-style review game. Categories include geology, space, scientific investigation, meteorology, and oceanography. Diagrams and pictures are involved with most of the questions, making this...
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Weather

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Intended for use with the very littlest of learners, this presentation provides the opportunity to identify various types of weather. An image of sun, rain, snow, wind, storm, and clouds are shown directly under their associated word....
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Slip-Sliding Away... On the Way to School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research snow removal in their community. They survey students to find out if they are having problems with the walks on their way to school and how bad the problem is. Next, they organize the findings to present in class....
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Breaking News English: snow

For Students 5th - 10th
In this snow activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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Ice Cream

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create ice cream in a bag and snow ice cream to study the effects of freezing on foods.  In this ice cream activity, students understand the effects of freezing on cells.
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn about similarities and differences between different types of weather patterns.  For this weather lesson, students read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Weather.  Students create a word search puzzle, complete a Venn...
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Winter Spelling

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling the word "snow" worksheet, students apply the clues to determine the word snow to color and write the letters s, n, o, and w. Students complete 8 answers.
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Weather "Whys" : Introduction to Weather

For Teachers K
Students discuss weather forecasts and different types of weather. In this weather lesson, students observe the weather and learn a weather song. They listen to a story and see weather measurement tools. 
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Season Mystery

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this seasons worksheet, students study and figure out 12 different ways they can spell the word snow by utilizing the same scenario of letters over and over again.
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Let It Snow!

For Students 7th - 9th
In this let it snow worksheet, students, with a partner, read and discuss nine questions about sports to start a conversation and then fill in ten blanks in ten sentences associated with snow phrases.
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Environment: Sounds of the Natural World

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe and imitate sounds from the natural environment including rain and snow. After listing materials that could be used to make rainsticks, they create their own instruments from cardboard tubes,beans, and sand. To...
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The White Stuff, Winter in Canada

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students write sound poems inspired by works of art they have viewed, create paintings with snow as subject, create zines about their perceptions of winter, and update one of Robert Harris' winter sports illustrations. Four lessons on...
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Snow Similies

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to poems to explain how poets use words to paint pictures. They use hands-on materials to practice using similies and figurative language to write a poem about snow.
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Growing Your Own Snow Crystals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students grow snow crystals in your classroom with a few materials and a two-liter bottle!
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Integrated Dance Curriculum: Snow

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, through the leading questions, guided imagery, and dance, gain a greater comprehension of snow, weather, and the five senses.
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Using Lists to Generate Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create lists about a topic that they choose to generate ideas for writing without worrying about grammar or punctuation. In this lists lesson plan, students first create a list about snow with their teacher.
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Kindergarten Tries to Save the Snowman!

For Teachers K
Students look at the properties of snow. In this snow lesson, students discuss what they know about snow and what makes snow melt. They come up with ideas to slow the melting process of snow. 
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Wintry Conditions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create their own crystal snowflake. In this snowflake lesson, students discuss how snow forms and the individuality of snowflakes. They make their own snowflake (crystals) using pipe cleaners, string, and borax.
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What Type of Snow Makes a Good Snowman

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils attempt to build a snowman. For this comparison lesson, students divide into groups, are given different types of snow (dry and wet) and try to make a snowman. Pupils discuss and record the characteristics of the snow and if their...
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Build a Precipitation Gauge

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build a precipitation gauge. In this weather lesson, students follow step-by-step directions to build a precipitation gauge that can be used to measure snowfall.
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Drinkable Snow

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore snow. In this forms of water lesson, students read a story about snow, identify the types of snow found in Alaska, and learn Inuit words for snow. The lesson calls for an Intuit Elder to visit the classroom as a guest...