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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Patterns and Fingerprints

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply several methods developed to identify and interpret patterns to the identification of fingerprints. They look at their classmates' fingerprints, snowflakes, and "spectral fingerprints" of elements. They learn to identify...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Cool Prize

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about the prize-winning photos of Kenneth Libbrecht and classifications of snowflakes. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Article
National Snow and Ice Data Center

Nsidc: All About Snow

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful snow scene awaits you at this site as well as cold facts about snow, Q & As, a snow glossary to inform you on such things as the difference between a blizzard and a squall, and information on avalanches and blizzards.
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Winter Weather Teaching Box

For Teachers K - 1st
A collection of hands-on educational resources about the science of winter weather for primary grade students.
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Website
Curated OER

Weather Dude: Snow

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how snow forms and learn some fun facts about it along the way.
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Website
Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Precipitation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about what causes precipitation and perform activities that teaches how precipitation forms.
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Website
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Precipitation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site briefly explores the important role of precipitation in the hydrologic cycle, and focus on how precipitation is created.
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Unit Plan
Other

Welcome to Jacqueline Briggs Martin's Website

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A comprehensive site about the Caldecott Award winning author, Jacqueline Briggs Martin features biographical information, book links, curriculum ideas, photographs, and related resource links.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn more about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work when you visit this resource. This site features links to information on his life and work.
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Unit Plan
abcteach

Abcteach: People

For Teachers 1st - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Print worksheets from biographies and autobiographies from famous people such as Sally Ride, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Francis Scott Key, Alexander the Great and many more.
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Niels Fabian Helge Von Koch

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides biographical information on Koch. Links are provided for more information throughout the page.
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Interactive
Mathigon

Mathigon: Alice in Fractal Land

For Students 9th - 10th
When Alice falls down the rabbit hole, she discovers a wonderful world of mathematics: Pascal's triangle, sequences of rabbit generations, and beautiful, never-ending fractals.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Highly Magnified View of a Ice Crystal (Snowflake)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using household items, one can demonstrate "the forces of pressure and how it can affect other objects."
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Wintertime Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson kindergarten students will explore beginning mathematics by ordering numbers to 30, recognizing sets, recalling number words to ten and matching simple addition sentences to snowflake...
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Website
Other

Shadow Poetry: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Wadworth Longfellow (1807-1882 CE) shows his brilliance through his poetry on this site.
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Unit Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: Antarctica

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn some amazing facts about the coolest place on Earth, Antarctica. Explore a map and geography, science, animals, explorers, jokes, and more. Also contains a quiz to take.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This page briefly illustrates and discusses fractals, which are closely linked to the concept of iteration (repitition.) Site links to well known pictured fractals.
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Website
Other

Planet Science: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

For Students 3rd - 5th
This page presents some scientific facts about snow.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Snow Warning Sign

For Students 9th - 10th
This snow warning sign is used to alert people of possible snow dangers in the area. This risk can be particularly dangerous for those traveling in vehicles. The sign features a black snowflake inside a red triangle.
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PPT
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center: Snow Hydrology

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide show, developed by Don Cline, describes the effects and importance of snow. Topics covered are snowfall formation, snow cover, blowing snow, snow metamorphism, and snow modeling.

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