Since we will soon be taking a field trip to see the snow plows and talk about snow safety, I thought I would put together some resources to go with the theme. Since our field trip will have kids from a wide variety of ages I have included a wider variety of age material. This is not meant for you to do everything listed here, we certainly will not. Rather, you can pick and choose what looks fun and interesting to you. Parents should preread and prescreen any sites for their kids as I have not done that.
Enjoy!
Tenn
Snow Related Activities
Online Interactive Winter Storm Word Search
Interactive Blizzard Drive
Snow Printouts, Activities and Ideas
Building Snow Plows with Legos
Lego Snow Plow Lesson,
Sample Lego Snow Plow in stages,5th lesson with worksheet.
Snow Science Experiments and Information
Salt Melting Snow
Salt Melting Ice
Snow Density Experiment
Technical Description of why salt melts ice
Melting Snow density experiment
Grow a Snowflake
Avalanches
Avalanche experiment
Good info site
NOVA avalance
Arts and Crafts
Make Snow Goggles
Snow Crystal Art
For Preschoolers
Many Snow related themes and ideas
Snow Related Food
Some fun snow games and activities
General Info
Weather Channel Winter Lesson Plan
MnDot info
Create a Winter Survival Kit
Building an Igloo
Another Building igloos
Building a Snow Castle
History of Snow, Blizzards and more
Snowplow Pictures
Salt Truck Pictures
Types if Snowfall
There are many kinds of snowy conditions that you may encounter
1. Weather forecasters use many of these terms and you should know what they mean
2. Snow flurries
a. Intermittent snowfall that may reduce visibility
3. Snow showers
a. Intermittent but heavier than flurries
4. Snow squalls
a. Brief, intense snowfall with gusty winds
5. Normal snowfall
a. Steady falling of snow
6. Lake effect snow
a. Snow that falls downwind of the Great Lakes when a cold wind blows over the warmer water surface
7. Heavy snow
a. 4 to 6 inches in 12 hours or 6 inches or more in 24 hours
8. Blowing and drifting snow
a. Strong winds and poor visibility for a lengthy period of time
9. Blizzard
a. Steady snowfall with blowing snow
b. Sustained winds of 35 mph or higher
Taken from Bus Driver Snow Safety Guidelines.
January 22, 2006
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Calling for more howling weather tomorrow--we look forward to lego snowplows and learning about the different kinds of snow weather! *THANK YOU*!
ReplyDeleteAll's grace,
Ann Voskamp