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Wintertime FUN!
Breakout of 2020It's almost time to flip the switch on 2020 and start a brand new year! Before Father Time and Mother Nature will lead us into 2021, they want to make sure we enter with smiles, happy thoughts, and positive energy. We need to focus on the good within 2020 by using these clues. Once you analyze what you see, you will be able to puzzle it out within this digital breakout to put an end to 2020 and enter a brand new year! | Search for Ice and Snow Use Earth image database (Space Shuttle images) to find places on Earth where there is ice and snow. Students can use this data table template to record their findings and mark locations across the globe using this interactive world map drawing. | Snow CrystalsCalling all crystalographers! This website is filled with stunning photographs of snowflakes! Check out the snowflake science, movies of growing snowflakes, snowflake fossils, and snow & ice activities on the page for some hands on fun as well. You can also grow your own snowflakes inside a soda bottle. |
Breakout of 2020
It's almost time to flip the switch on 2020 and start a brand new year! Before Father Time and Mother Nature will lead us into 2021, they want to make sure we enter with smiles, happy thoughts, and positive energy. We need to focus on the good within 2020 by using these clues. Once you analyze what you see, you will be able to puzzle it out within this digital breakout to put an end to 2020 and enter a brand new year!
Search for Ice and Snow
Snow Crystals
Calling all crystalographers! This website is filled with stunning photographs of snowflakes! Check out the snowflake science, movies of growing snowflakes, snowflake fossils, and snow & ice activities on the page for some hands on fun as well.
You can also grow your own snowflakes inside a soda bottle.
Celebrating Winter in Southern California
Some of these science experiments are great for a Southern California Winter!
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