Snug in the Snow - Treat your students to information about hibernation!
A Time To Sleep - Explore the animals' winter habitats with classroom activities across the curriculum
Hibernation - Are all hibernators the same?
How Do Animals Spend the Winter? Hibernate - Migrate - Adapt!
Winter Animals (from Scholastic - Grades PreK-2) - Learn about where animals live during the winter, understand how to use a bar graph, learn about a cold weather bird - the penguin.

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Brrrr....It is cold SOMEWHERE in the world!
Imagine being at the North Pole or South Pole!

Discover the Polar Regions - Examine the Ends of the Earth!
* Geography - Location of Antarctica and the Arctic; How far is it from here to there?
* Learn facts About Antarctica and the Arctic
* Animals of the Polar Regions - (includes a penguin research Inpiration file)
* Compare/Contrast the Arctic & Antarctica (includes an Inspiration Venn Diagram file)
* Read "Mr. Popper's Penguins"!
* Unitedstreaming videos (Polar Bears/Penguins)

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Penguins!

Are penguins birds? Do they fly? Do penguins have fur or feathers? Where do penguins live?
Learn more about these special animals!
Information, Internet resources, and classroom activities!

Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den - An online guide to tracks and tracking. Good photos.
Tracking and Stalking North American Wildlife - A good resource for short descriptions of animals, photos, footprints, and sounds.

Polar Bears Alive - For Polar Bear Lovers All Over the World - Most anything you want to know!

Valentine's Day - Valentine Card Exchange - Sending Smiles To Others!
February 14, 2007 - Registration date: January 2007

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Feed and Enjoy Birds in Winter!
ENature Regional Birding - Ten most common backyard birds seen in January
Winter Bird Feeder - What do birds want? Keep them coming back!
Bird Lessons (from Illinois) "What Makes A Bird A Bird?", "Home Tweet Home", and more
All About Birds - A resource for learning about birds
Birds of South Carolina - Photos and information

Great Backyard Bird Count (February 16-19, 2007) Consider participating!
Great Backyard Bird Count - The annual Great Backyard Bird Count will once again be sweeping the nation. Get Ready to “Count Birds for the Record!”

Winter Storms (from Scholastic) You can make your own blizzard ... cool!
Explore winter storms, try the interactive weather maker, check the wind chill factor chart, brush up on storm terms, and send your weather questions to - Ask the Expert!
Winter Weather Watch Scavenger Hunt (an Education World Lesson)
Blizzard of Winter Lessons (from Education World)
Winter! - (from TeacherVision) Language Arts, Math Word Problems, Science, Social Studies, Literature Tie-Ins, Art, and more!
Do you know the different kinds of snow?  How about that the greatest North American snow storm in history occurred on Feb. 13–19, 1959, when 15 feet, 8 inches of snow fell in a single snow storm at Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl, California??  Where were you then?
Snowman Poem Worksheet - Write a Snowman Poem!
Snow Crystals - "How full of creative genius is the air in which these are generated! I should hardly admire them more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat." --Henry David Thoreau, 1856
Snowtastic Snow - The Science of Snow - Did you Know - For it to snow the tops of the clouds must be below 0 degrees Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit? Discover interesting snow facts, learn about snow animals, glaciers, frost, avalanches, icebergs, and more!
Additional Snow Activities & Links (from Eduscapes) Everything for units related to snow!

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  WEATHER!  Review or provide additional information about weather!

Interactive Thermometer - Read or change the temperature, discuss difference in temperature, and more discussion possibilities

Temperature World - About thermometers and how they work

Weather - Lessons to identify different kinds of weather, describe the weather & different weather symbols, etc. Examples suitable for use with a whiteboard.

Cloud Boutique - Explanations and pictures of basic cloud forms 
Clouds - Yet more links! Cloud Types - & more!

National Weather Service, Columbia, SC - Columbia area forecast
Weather Folklore - As well as humidity tricks and other nonsense fun things!  These are fun!
Weather - Links from EduScapes

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Whiteboard Tools - Interactive Teaching Programs - A series of links to the DfES Standards site. Each link takes you to a free, downloadable application perfectly suited for whiteboard use in the classroom.
Primary Resources for Interactive Whiteboards - Suggestions for sites that work well on interactive whiteboards in the primary classroom