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Why does salt melt ice?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Solution Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources and 5 additional..This tutorial on the chemical interaction between salt and ice explains how molecules on the surface of the ice escape into the ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for Downhill Skiing
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentThis page features an animation of a skiier descending down a 58-meter slope. The first part of the animation depicts the changi...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Are Chicken Embryos Endotherms or Ectotherms? A Laboratory Exercise Integrating Concepts in Thermoregulation and Metabolism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThis investigative laboratory exercise uses the different relations between ambient temperature and metabolic rate in endotherms...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Winter Olympics Physics and Biomechanics
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Force & Motion, Physics, Professional DevelopmentMany Winter Olympic sports are greatly dependent on technique, engineering, and/or gravity. For example, during luge, while grav...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Hibernation
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Professional Development, ClassificationThis reference site provides and overview of hibernation, and its considerable distinction from sleep, along with specific infor...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Some characteristics of temperature regulation in the unanesthetized dog.
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyThis article reports the results of measurements of hypothalamic temperature and regulatory responses in the normal dog in hot, ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Temperature Regulation Powerpoint Slides
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Science and 2 additional..Lecture slides provided by the Department of Physiology at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are a self-contained...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Use of Orthoplast® for Winter Sports
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Health Science & Medical Technology, Technology, Life Sciences and 3 additional..Article from the Journal of Athletic Training discusses use of the Orthoplast to protect athletes participating in winter sport:...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Daniel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius Left Their Marks
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Nature & Method of Science, Mathematics, Professional DevelopmentThis interesting historic profile of Daniel Fahrenheit and Anders Celsius describes the processes these scientists used in descr...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Win Snowball Fights With Better Strategy and Snow Tech
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases)This "expedient" piece from Popular Mechanics presents some of the physics behind good packing snow.Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Winter Wonderland
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 2 additional..Using data from the National Climate Data Center (NCDC)track snowfall in your area and assess snowfall levels from the Winter Ol...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Winter Olympics Physiology and Psychology
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, History-Social Science, Life Sciences, Psychology and 2 additional..This online course provides instruction on the physical and psychological demands of cross-country skiing.Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover during Winter (NASM2002)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Our Solar System, Science, Professional DevelopmentOn this website, imagery from NASA's Landsat 7 is combined with terrain elevation data to create a view of the Salt Lake City ar...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Figure Skating Dynamics of Leaps and Throws
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Force & Motion, Physics, Professional DevelopmentThis resource from the World of Sports Science explains the forces at work in leaps and throws in figure skating.Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Length of Planet Earth's Days and Nights
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentHave you ever wondered about why the amount of light during the days decreases in the winter (and least, that is, if you are in ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Ski Jumping: How do ski jumpers go so far? How do jumpers use physics to get the most out of their flight?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Professional Development, Engineering & DesignThere are few feats as breathtaking as a perfect ski jump. Hurtling down a snow-covered ramp at speeds in excess of 100 kilomete...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Elderly's Ability to Manage the Cold May Be Due In Part to Some Aging Processes of the Body
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Human Anatomy & PhysiologyYounger adults are less susceptible to hypothermia than the elderly, whose impaired ability to maintain core temperature during ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Ripples on Icicles
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Properties of Matter, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This website, from the University of Toronto, provides a discussion of the instability that gives rise to ripples on the surface...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Is NordicTrack Exercise a Comparable Substitute for Cross-Country Skiing?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 3 additional..The objective of this study was to analyze the motions involved with the NordicTrack and cross-country skiing and look for simil...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Winter Storms
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Interactive Learning, Our Solar System, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Science, Professional DevelopmentThis website offers general background about winter storms as well as interactive activities designed to teach visitors about th...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0

