Winter

Multicultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Holidays celebrated around the world sorted by month, holiday, country, and author. Links are included.
Nature Notes
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/index.htm
Information and activities about plants, animals and the world around us. Check out the winter activities.
- Winter Birds
Winter celebrations
http://www.geocities.com/holidayzone/winter/index.htm
Arts and crafts, language activities, poetry, songs and action rhymes for primary classes.
Monthly Themes -Winter
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/
Exceptional collection of web sites with the winter theme. pdf printable pages with science and art links are included. K-8
Mitten Bookmark Clip
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/bookmark2.html
Read The Mitten by Jan Brett then have students decorate a mitten for giving.
Wind Chill Factor
http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/windchill/index_e.cfm
Wind chill calculation, charts and tables. Downloadable pdf documents.
Snow Crystals
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
Observations, photos, snow crystal classification, snowflake crystals, ice surface physics, ice properties.
Snowflake Bentley
http://snowflakebentley.com/
Wilson Bentley's photographs of snowflakes.