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Frozen Frogs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Life Sciences, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Evolution and Adaptation, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development
In this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how the common wood frog survives the cold winter. Wood frogs are found in the...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Mammalian Hibernation: Cellular and Molecular Responses to Depressed Metabolism and Low Temperature
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development
Review of research using new tools of molecular and cellular biology that is beginning to reveal how hibernators survive repeate...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Winter's Tale
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Science, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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)
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Why is it so hard to start a car in the winter?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Earth's Resources, Energy & Work, Chemistry, Our Solar System, Professional Development
This article describes the physical reasons why automobile engines have more difficulty starting in cold conditions than in warm...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Method of using microcrystalline cellulose to enhance artificial snow making
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Chemistry, Physics, Professional Development
In this description of US Patent 6116515, the text details part of the "art" of making artificial snow--used in the Winter Games...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Icicles
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Physics, Professional Development
This pages explains how icicles grow from roof edges and in other locations.
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Explaining Ice: The Answers Are Slippery
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Engineering & Design, Chemistry, Physics, Professional Development
The Winter Olympics could be accurately described as the "Slippery Olympics," in that nearly the all of the events--skiing, skat...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Liquid nitrogen is very, very cold! (liquid nitrogen demonstration)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Professional Development
In this YouTube video, chemistry teacher Aaron Keller demonstrates the amazing properties of liquid nitrogen. He explains each d...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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How Do Birds Stay Warm?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Science, Classification, Structure and Function in Living Things, Our Solar System, Professional Development
This article describes the physiological and behavioral adaptations that allow birds to winter in cold regions, including the Ar...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Bacteria Assists in Formation of Ice and Snow
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Life Sciences, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Cells and 3 additional..
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday Audio Story: New work in the journal Science suggests that bacteria may have played an imp...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Brrr... Wind Chill is Chilly
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Earth's Resources, Life Sciences, Earth & Space Science, Human Anatomy & Physiology and 3 additional..
This overview of the Wind Chill Factor provides a wind chill calculator, conversion tables, raw data (Excel file), and biology a...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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The high-tech race for Olympic gold: Speed suits reveal cutting-edge technology in quest for victory
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Engineering & Design, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Technology, Physics, Professional Development
This MSNBC article from 2002 describes the state-of-the-science technology, research, and development behind body suits in prepa...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Lake Effect Snow
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development
This tutorial page/case study (22 December 1998) provides details on the necessary conditions for, and characteristics of, lake ...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Global View of the Seasons
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Professional Development
By measuring subtle differences in light that result from varying concentrations of plant life around the world, scientists are ...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Engineering a Smooth Ride: Creating the Perfect Ski Through Shaping and Vibration Damping
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Engineering & Design, Technology, Physics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Professional Development
Illumin, an online periodical published by the University of Southern California School of Engineering, seeks illustrate the man...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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The Science of Hockey
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Engineering & Design, Physics, Professional Development
The Science of Hockey is the first in a series of "Sports Science" resources developed by the Exploratorium. This site takes you...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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The Effect of Gravity on Motion (Luge)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Physics, Mathematics, Professional Development
This 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)
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Nutrition Science and the Winter Olympics
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Life Sciences, Nutrition, Health Science & Medical Technology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development
Science is a powerful asset for athletes who want to use nutrition to their advantage. Whether an Olympic medal is won by tenths...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Giant Iceberg in McMurdo Sound
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development
This NASA data sheet details Giant Iceberg, Number B-15A, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Responses to Mild Cold Stress Are Predicted by Different Individual Characteristics in Young and Older Subjects
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Health Science & Medical Technology
Older individuals' ability to maintain core temperature during cold stress is impaired; however, the relative importance of indi...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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