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Why is it so hard to predict when we’ll have a snow day? Find out what factors determine whether precipitation will fall as rain, sleet, or snow!
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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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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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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.
Students learn that snowflakes come in different shapes.
When meteorologists forecast a winter storm one of the important predictions they make is the type, or types, of precipitation that are likely to fall. Will freezing rain cause an ice storm? Will ice pellets called sleet leave the ground covered in slush? Will it rain or snow?
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This hands-on inquiry activity allows students to explore how the color of materials that cover the Earth affects the amounts of sunlight it absorbs using a simple model.
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