Winter Instruction

The Science of Snow, Snowflakes, & Frost Reading | How it Forms | 6th, 7th, 8th

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 reading introduces students to the science of snow, snowflakes, and frost, explaining how phase changes, temperature, and heat transfer shape winter weather. Students learn how snow forms in clouds, why snowflakes have unique six-sided shapes, and how frost develops on cold surfaces a

6th - 8th Chemistry, General Science, Physical Science

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Winter Animal Survival Adaptations and Strategies Reading | 6th, 7th, 8th

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 reading introduces students to how animals survive winter by using physical and behavioral adaptations to cope with cold temperatures, limited food, and harsh conditions. Students learn why winter is such a challenging season and how animals have evolved strategies that help them stay

6th - 8th Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Why Do Roads Get Salted? Reading | How Salt Melts Ice, Winter | 6th, 7th, 8th

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 reading introduces students to the science behind why roads are salted in winter and how salt helps melt ice to make roads safer. Students learn how water freezes, why icy roads are dangerous, and how adding salt changes the freezing point of water through a process called freezing po

6th - 8th Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Does Being Cold Make You Sick? Reading | Viruses, Winter | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 reading introduces students to the science behind colds and the flu, explaining why viruses—not cold weather—are responsible for making people sick. Students learn how illnesses spread, why people tend to get sick more often in winter, and how environmental conditions like cold, dry a

6th - 8th Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Winter Solstice Reading | Why the Solstice Happens | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 reading introduces students to the science of the winter solstice, explaining why it is the shortest day and longest night of the year and how Earth’s tilt causes seasonal changes. Students learn what happens during the winter solstice, when it occurs in each hemisphere, and why dayli

6th - 8th Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Thermal Insulation STEM Investigation – Keep Ice from Melting! Heat Transfer

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TWFScience

In this hands-on STEM investigation, students will explore heat transfer and thermal insulation by designing and building a container that keeps an ice cube from melting. Using common materials, students test how different insulation designs affect the rate at which ice melts when exposed to room te

6th - 11th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Why Do Roads Get Salted? STEM Investigation — Lowering the Freezing Point

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TWFScience

In this hands-on STEM investigation, students explore freezing point depression and phase changes by testing how adding different amounts of salt affects how quickly ice melts. Using real-world winter road safety as the context, students investigate why salt is spread on icy roads and how it changes

6th - 11th General Science, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Winter Weather Adaptations Ecology Research Project - Structural and Behavioral

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TWFScience

In this project, your students will explore how animals survive extreme winter conditions through specialized structural and behavioral adaptations. Students investigate how cold temperatures, snow, wind, and limited food shape animal survival strategies, and how these adaptations help organisms rem

6th - 9th Science, Biology, Earth Sciences

NGSS MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5, MS-LS4-4

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Snow Day Science Activity Bundle - Snow, Snowflakes, Winter | 6th 7th 8th Grade

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TWFScience

The NO-PREP bundle includes a two readings (The Science of Snow, Snowflakes, and Frost / Winter Animal Survival Adaptations and Strategies), two simple at-home investigations (Snow Density and Volume Investigation / Snow vs Ice Activity - Which Melts Faster), and my Winter Weather Adaptations Projec

6th - 9th Earth Sciences, General Science, Physical Science

Extreme Winter Weather Reading | Snowstorms, Blizzards | 6th 7th 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 science reading comprehension article introduces students to the wild and powerful side of winter, from blizzards and ice storms to polar vortexes and nor’easters. Students learn how different types of extreme winter weather form, what makes each storm unique, and how these storms imp

6th - 8th Earth Sciences, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-6

Also included in: Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Winter Weather & Snow Bundle - Lessons, Project, Activities | 6th 7th 8th Grade

Created by
TWFScience

This NO-PREP, comprehensive Winter Weather and Snow Bundle guides students through the science of winter by exploring how snow forms, how winter weather works, how animals survive cold environments, and how physical science concepts—such as states of matter, heat transfer, density, freezing point de

6th - 9th Earth Sciences, General Science, Physical Science

NGSS MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-4, MS-ESS2-1+4

Renewable Energy Unit Bundle | Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal, Biomass, Fusion

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TWFScience

This NO-PREP, comprehensive Renewable Energy Bundle guides students through the science of renewable energy production by exploring how energy is generated from wind, solar, hydroelectric, biomass, tidal, and fusion sources—and how renewable energy can be stored and used to power our world—through e

7th - 10th Earth Sciences, Environment, Physical Science

NGSS MS-LS2-4, MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-3+2