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Formation of a Glacier
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis resource depicts the formation of a glacier including detail showing the process of plucking and the formation of terminal ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Wild Nor'easter
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Environmental Issues, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis interactive simulation illustrates the confluence of conditions that give rise to a nor'easter.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: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Structure and Function in Living Things, Physics, Professional Development 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: 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: Engineering & Design, Physics, Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Professional DevelopmentThere 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: 0Engineering a Smooth Ride: Creating the Perfect Ski Through Shaping and Vibration Damping
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Engineering & Design, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Technology, Physics, Professional DevelopmentIllumin, an online periodical published by the University of Southern California School of Engineering, seeks illustrate the man...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The Effect of Gravity on Motion (Luge)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Physics, Mathematics, Professional DevelopmentThis lesson explores how the force of gravity, acts upon a luge and rider. It teaches how gravity has an influence on speed and ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0How Do Birds Stay Warm?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Classification, Science, Structure and Function in Living Things, Our Solar System, Professional DevelopmentThis article describes the physiological and behavioral adaptations that allow birds to winter in cold regions, including the Ar...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Giant Iceberg in McMurdo Sound
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis NASA data sheet details Giant Iceberg, Number B-15A, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.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: Science, Our Solar System, 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: 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: 0Winter Wonderland
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Geography, History-Social Science 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: 0Snowball Earth
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Environmental Issues, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceAudio program from the University of Wisconsin's Earthwatch Radio discusses the notion of the entire planet covered with ice. Do...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Antarctic Ice Movement Part I
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentWith more than 29 million cubic kilometers (7 million cubic miles) of ice and snow, the Antarctic Ice Sheet is so massive that i...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Antarctic Ice Movement Part II
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentFor the most part, an ice sheet moves down slope slowly because the ice is in direct contact with underlying bedrock. In some pl...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Winter's Tale
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) and 3 additional..This resource explores winter weather and frozen precipitation. Precipitation (in the form of snow, sleet and freezing rain) is ...Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Winter Storms
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Interactive Learning, Science, Our Solar System, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, 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: 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: 0
