Ice Globes | Winter - Snow Friend

Provided by: PBS |Published on: September 21, 2023

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Synopsis

In this video, students will explore what happens to a bucket of snow when it is brought inside, comparing it to the fluffy snow outside.
The characters in the animated video discover the connection between temperature and the texture of snow.
There is a linked lesson with a lab experiment and game included below the video.

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Subjects: Science

Authors: PBS

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Positives

The video is brief and appropriate for young learners.
The characters engage students in scientific observation through story-telling.

Additional Prerequisites

If you are going to use the full lesson, you will need to prepare a number of materials ahead of time.
The video provides subtitles in English only.

Differentiation

If you live in a climate with cold winters, students can monitor snow's properties throughout the week or month, logging the temperatures and textures.
This video would fit nicely into a unit on weather or states of matter.
Older students can discuss and predict how snow and winters might change as the climate changes.
English language learners may benefit from slowing the video's playback speed and using closed captioning.

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