Storm could mean snow on ground in all 50 states - USATODAY.com

Several articles and news items have shown up today talking about all 50 states having snow on the ground.
Here's the article from USATODAY.com:

Storm could mean snow on ground in all 50 states - USATODAY.com

This same website/article above has a great interactive map showing snow in all the States:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2010-02-11-nationwide-snow_N.htm?csp=hf

SkyWatch Friday

See what others are seeing when looking skyward:

http://skyley.blogspot.com/

The Wasatch Front mountains, as seen from my back door, have many "personalities"..including this snowy, salmon-colored afternoon winter face. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

SkyWatch Friday

See what others are seeing when
looking skyward @ http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Good Morning and Happy New Year! I live in northern Utah County, (south of Salt Lake County) in Utah, USA. Utah County is a high desert valley surrounded by the Wasatch Mountains to the east, and the Oquirrh mountains to the west http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0861730.html

We've had a lot of snow the last month, piling up high in the surrounding mountains. This morning, I captured a couple of pretty mountain shots...all snowy and frozen highlighted by the rising sun.

Geography of Snow

Make snow a geography/science lesson...after all, Snow is always falling somewhere in the world everyday. !!!!


Secret Language of Snow(1984)
by Terry Tempest Williams and Ted Major,
with illustrations byJennifer Dewey
http://www.coyoteclan.com/books/snow.html


One of my favorite books for children...explains how other people of the world...especially those from Arctic regions...have developed whole unique vocabularies to describe different kinds of snow.



lesson plan using Secret Language of Snow & Snowflake Bentley:
http://www.nort/hstar.k12.ak.us/schools/joy/creamers/Kits/lesson.html

national snow and ice data center:
http://nsidc.org/snow/
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/

NSDL (National Science Digital Library) website with MANY geography/polar/climate-related student literature, lessons, and activities:
http://onramp.nsdl.org/list.php?cat=quick_filter&search_keys%5B0%5D=teachers+students+elementary+children%E2%80%99s+literature+trade+books+polar+regions+geography+seasons+climate+glaciers+icebergs+snow+animals+penguins+polar+bears+people+poetry+arctic%0A++++Antarctica+activities+arts+crafts+games

make snow crystals online:
http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/

Another great children's book about
snow: Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Mary Azarian

Wilson Bentley became world-known for his snowflake photography.


http://snowflakebentley.com/snowflakes.htm
(see his snowflake photos--public domain..free use of photos!)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1090/snowflak.html
(information about Snowflake Bentley)
http://snowflakebentley.com/vid.htmBentley
(a video about Snowflake Bentley)

NASA cryosphere video:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/cryosphere.html