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Why does salt melt ice?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Chemistry, Solution Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science 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)
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The Physics Classroom: Energy Transformation for Downhill Skiing
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Professional Development
This 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)
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Are Chicken Embryos Endotherms or Ectotherms? A Laboratory Exercise Integrating Concepts in Thermoregulation and Metabolism
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology
This investigative laboratory exercise uses the different relations between ambient temperature and metabolic rate in endotherms...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Winter Olympics Physics and Biomechanics
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Physics, Force & Motion, Professional Development
Many Winter Olympic sports are greatly dependent on technique, engineering, and/or gravity. For example, during luge, while grav...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Hibernation
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Classification, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Earth's Resources
This reference site provides and overview of hibernation, and its considerable distinction from sleep, along with specific infor...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Some characteristics of temperature regulation in the unanesthetized dog.
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology
This article reports the results of measurements of hypothalamic temperature and regulatory responses in the normal dog in hot, ...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Temperature Regulation Powerpoint Slides
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Health Science & Medical Technology, Science, Professional Development 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)
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Use of Orthoplast® for Winter Sports
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Engineering & Design, Professional Development 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)
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Daniel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius Left Their Marks
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Mathematics, Nature & Method of Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources
This interesting historic profile of Daniel Fahrenheit and Anders Celsius describes the processes these scientists used in descr...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Win Snowball Fights With Better Strategy and Snow Tech
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Earth & Space Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Physics, Professional Development, Earth's Resources
This "expedient" piece from Popular Mechanics presents some of the physics behind good packing snow.
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Winter Wonderland
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Geography, History-Social Science, Earth & Space 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)
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Winter Olympics Physiology and Psychology
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Graduate
Subjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Psychology, History-Social Science, Life Sciences and 2 additional..
This online course provides instruction on the physical and psychological demands of cross-country skiing.
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover during Winter (NASM2002)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Our Solar System, Science, Professional Development
On 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)
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Figure Skating Dynamics of Leaps and Throws
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Physics, Force & Motion, Professional Development
This 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)
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Length of Planet Earth's Days and Nights
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Physics, Professional Development, Earth's Resources
Have 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)
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Ski 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 Graduate
Subjects: Measurement & Geometry, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering & Design, Professional Development
There 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)
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Elderly'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 Graduate
Subjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Human Anatomy & Physiology
Younger adults are less susceptible to hypothermia than the elderly, whose impaired ability to maintain core temperature during ...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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Ripples on Icicles
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Properties of Matter, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Physics 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)
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Is NordicTrack Exercise a Comparable Substitute for Cross-Country Skiing?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Subjects: Health Science & Medical Technology, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Physics, Structure and Function in Living Things 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)
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Winter Storms
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12
Subjects: Our Solar System, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Interactive Learning, Science, Professional Development
This website offers general background about winter storms as well as interactive activities designed to teach visitors about th...
Contributor: Science of Winter (NSDL Collection)
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