Winter (December 20 or 21)

Create a scene with 100 snowballs! To drop them, hit Go. To re-stack them, hit the circle with 6 snowballs in the top left corner. Try throwing them around. Great for the interactive whiteboard.

Why do we have seasons? Learn more about how the tilt of the earth gives us seasons and how different parts of the world experience seasonal change.

This online book about snow has beautiful pictures of snowy scenes and audio for early readers.

If you've ever wondered how reusable hand warmers work, here's a video that explains the chemistry of how those little packages keep your hands warm.

This two-minute video explains the chemistry of how snowflakes form, "from their origins in bits of dust in clouds that become droplets of water falling to Earth".

This video explains the cyclical phenomena at work in the universe. Learn about the subtle changes in the sky as the Earth circles the sun.

Read this online book about enjoying a cold, snowy winter. There are many fun things to do when it's cold outside. Click on the speaker icon below the book for an audio option for early readers.

Here's a short online book about all of the fun activities of winter, with wintery pictures and audio for early readers.

The Arctic Ground Squirrel burrows under the permafrost and slips into a state of suspended animation. Learn more about hibernation in this video.

Did you know that snowflakes are all six-sided and that none of them are exactly the same? Learn about the science of covalent bonds and the making of a snowflake.

Build a virtual snowman in this reading activity for beginning readers.