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Snow can be one of the most destructive forces in nature but also one of the most fun to learn about. An article from Associated Press writer Lourdes Navarro, featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, describes the avalanche in the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan. Avalanche.org's Web site offers visitors up-to-date avalanche information for the western US and one area in the east, as well as accident statistics and additional links. The NOVA site Avalanche has a Snow Sense link that gives practical advice on maximizing your safety in avalanche terrain and even rescue techniques. For those interested in data related to snow, ice, glaciers, and more, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) compiles and distributes such records to the public in this extensive site. The Alaska Climate Research Center, which is funded by the State of Alaska, contains a weather web cam, a link to Alaskan climatology, and even long term climatological records. The next site, from DiscoverySchool.com, is a lesson plan geared for students in the 6-8 grade called Avalanche. The activity involves learning the necessary conditions that create an avalanche, such as lack of friction. More lesson plans from snowschool.com include snow melting and snow density lesson plans, geared for students between the grades of 2-6. The final site Snow Crystals, created by California Institute of Technology Physics Professor Kenneth G. Libbrecht, is a terrific site dedicated to snow crystals and snowflakes, showing "how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures appear, quite literally, out of thin air." The site is definitely worth a look for anyone interested in snow and snowflakes.
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2002
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February 8th, 2002
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April 7th, 2003 at 4:49pm
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April 7th, 2003 at 4:49pm
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