Sites (21)

Animals in Winter
Information about how different animals adapt to winter.

Antarctica Clothing
Demonstration of the different layers people wear when working outside in Antarctica.

Bedouin Clothing
The loose clothing, turban, burnoose, and shawl are all common items of clothing in the desert.

Clothing for Antarctica
Explanation and photograph of Antarctic clothing.

Cool Cold Creatures
Information about the animals found in the colder regions of the world.

Danger Signs
Collection of various danger signs.

Desert Peoples
This site discusses survival problems faced by desert peoples.

Dr E's Energy Lab
Energy efficiency tips to protect the earth.

Energy Hog
Interactive site that encourages students to learn about energy efficiency.

Firefighting Protective Clothing Tour
Interactive site showing protective fire clothing.

Heat
Learn about how heat affects us.

How to Dress For the Desert
Dressing well is not only a matter of comfort, but it\'s matter of safety also. Here are a few tips for staying comfortable and safe.

Ice Cream Pain
Find out why eating ice cream can give you a headache.

Inuit Clothing
Information Inuit life and pictures of traditional Inuit clothing.

Inuit Life
Learn about a day in the life of a Inuit child.

Touch: Hot and Cold
Fact sheet all about how you feel the difference between hot and cold. Includes a simple experiment.

Tundra Animals
Find out how animals survive living in the Tundra.

Turin 2006
Official site of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

Warning Signs
Examples of warning signs that provide students with ideas for creating their own signs.

Winter Olympics for Kids
Learn all about the Winter Olympics.

Yirramagardu School - Roebourne
Learn about life at this school in the Pilbura, WA.

Lessons (16)

Animals in Winter
The student will use book indexes to find out about animals in winter.

Fun In The Sun
Unit of work about energy and the sun.

Hot and Cold Water
Demonstration of the properties of hot and cold water.

Insulation Sensation
Activity to demonstrate the process of thermal insulation.

Keep An Ice Cube Frozen
Students try to reduce the rate at which a ice melts.

Keeping Things Hot
These instructions will help you set up an experiment to test the effect of different thermal insulators in keeping things hot.

Keeping Warm
Students learn that some materials are better thermal insulators than others.

Let's Get Warm!
Students investigate various methods that animals use to warm up in cold weather - everything from growing new fur to burrowing in mud - and explore the scientific principles involved. They then ident

Satellites Have Sense, Too
To introduce young students to remote sensing and explore the relationship between using our senses to gather information and the use of satellites for the same purpose.

Snow Goggles
Make snow goggles.

Temperature: Is it Hot or Cold?
In this lesson students learn how to read thermometers, determining their rise or fall and record temperatures for a two week period.

The Mitten
Unit based on the book by Jan Brett.

The Pigeonhole Strategy
Students learn to distinguish categories from elements and form groups using hot and cold.

WebQuest: Take the Survival Challenge
You may only choose 6 items to take with you on your winter survival journey.

Winter Olympics for Kids
Learn all about the Winter Olympics.

Winter Survival
In this lesson plan the students will learn what to do when stranded in a car during the middle of winter.

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Go Home, River
Inuit Eskimo boy on a journey of cultural and environmental discovery down a wild and remote Alaskan river.

Videos (0)

Teacher References (4)

Adapting to Climate Extremes
Learn about the internal temperature regulating systems that humans and many other mammals have to automatically maintain stable core body temperatures in cold winters and warm summers.

Catching Sunshine
Construct a solar collector and determine how to maximize the amount of sunshine it collects.

Heat Safety & Overheating Warning Signs
Ideas for keeping safe in hot weather.

Thermal Insulation Q and A
Questions and answers about thermal insulation.