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Do you know that snowflakes are different shapes? Find out why some snowflakes have simple shapes and others are more intricate.
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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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Can you predict if it will rain, sleet, or snow? Test your forecasting skills!
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Ice Cores Tell the Story of Climate
Students explore glaciers and other parts of the Earth system through photos from Alaska and identify how the environment changed in photos taken over the 20th century as the climate warmed.
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Learn how snowflakes form and about their unique patterns, and then use images of real snowflakes to create your own snowflake model.
Students learn that snow can be various shades but is usually light in color, which reflects most of the sunlight that hits it, unlike darker materials.
Will freezing rain cause an ice storm? Will it rain or snow? Each of these different types of precipitation is possible with a winter storm.
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