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National Weather Service

National Weather Service: Weather Fatality, Injury and Damage Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Web site that contains detailed statistics involving natural disasters by year and type of disaster. Statistics are available in .pdf format.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Hot Water Battle

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you noticed your winter weather changing each year? Both global warming and El Nino are most likely the cause. Read here about these two major ingredients changing the world around us.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ready for Cold Weather

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about hedgehogs and how they hibernate in the winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Winter Storms

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're looking for blizzard and other snow storm information, this site's worth investigating. Find out what conditions form blizzards as well as the damage they cause.
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USA Today

Usa Today: How Winter Storms Bring Rain, Ice and Snow

For Students 9th - 10th
A great diagram of precipitation and what forms at different degrees. A short description on the formation of rain, snow, and sleet.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Weather Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In this lesson students will be able to identify and describe how different types of storms form (hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms and thunder storms). The activity can be used on the SMART board or in SLS Online. Covert slides 6, 8,...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Cold, Ice, and Snow Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
Playing in the snow is fun, but it can also be dangerous. KidsHealth website helps you learn about the importance of dressing for the weather to protect your body and health. This page also includes information about the dangers...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Atmospheric Temperature Affects the Water Content of Snow?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're lucky enough to live in a place that gets snow in winter, you know that the feel of the snow can vary a lot. Sometimes it can be light and fluffy, and other times heavy and wet. This project shows you how to use data from daily...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create a working definition of multigenre text and then use that definition to create their own multigenre piece about winter or another theme.
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Read Works

Read Works: Winter Worries and Health Hazards

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the dangers of hypothermia and frostbite and how what precautions to take against them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: What Causes the Season?

For Students 5th - 8th
Explore what causes the change of seasons on the Earth.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Catching Snowflakes

For Teachers K - 1st
Are you in a place where snow falls in winter? If so, try catching snowflakes. Then take a close look. Can you find two snowflakes that look alike?
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The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Attack on Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses Hitler's plans to invade Russia, which were preceded by invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece, paving the way for Operation Barbarossa. Describes the events of the invasion, the unexpectedly strong resistance of the Russians, and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Father Frost in Jerusalem

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is an excerpt from Pictures of Jewish Home-LifeFifty Years Ago and describes how the winter weather in Jerusalem impacts the Sabbath. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Australia's Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Australia's climate, and the differences between northern and southern Australia during summer and winter.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Icy Precipitation

For Students 9th - 10th
Snowflakes are not the only type of icy precipitation. Find out about other types of ice that fall from the sky.
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Other

Insurance Information Institute: Homeowners Insurance Info

For Students 9th - 10th
The Insurance Information Institute is a nonprofit fact-finding organization dedicated to improving public understanding of property and casualty insurance. Explore homeowner's insurance basics, buying home insurance, filing a claim, and...
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PBS

Pbs: Why Do We Have Seasons?

For Students 5th - 8th
A student-directed tutorial showing all aspects of seasons, including Earth's tilt position in relation to the sun, photos of typical weather during that season, and some informational text to support the visuals.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Wind Chill

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do windy winter days seem so bitterly cold? Calculate the wind chill factor and find out.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Tailed Antelope Squirrel

For Students 4th - 8th
White-tailed Antelope Squirrels can often be seen in western and southwestern deserts, especially in shrubby areas with rocky soil. They do not hibernate, but in cold winter weather, several may huddle together in a burrow to keep warm....
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Frostbite

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the difference between frostnip and frostbite, and learn what to do if your or someone else is frostbitten.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Snowstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
Hoping for a snow day? Consider the meteorological circumstances that would be needed for you to get your wish.
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 3 10 14: When Life Gives You Snow . . . Make Snowmen?

For Students 5th - 8th
Article reports on people making and selling snowmen after a rare snow in China.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: With a Little Bread as Bait, Can You Make a Bird Migrate?

For Students 1st - 5th
You might like to play in the autumn leaves and winter snow, but have you noticed that many birds don't like to stick around for the cold weather? And instead of the birds you're used to seeing in the warm months, your new feathered...

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