Holiday
This the most popular kind of tree that people like to decorate for the holiday season.
What is a fir tree?
This is the fourth planet from the Sun.
What is Mars?
Snowflakes usually have this number of sides (hint: the same number of sides as a pencil!)
What is six? (Hexagonal!)
The NY county that Carmel High School is located within.
What is Putnam County?
What is sledding?
This holiday song mentions the giving of 364 gifts.
What is the 12 Days of Christmas?
The name of the galaxy that our Solar System calls home.
What is the Milky Way?
What is water?
Carmel High School is located on this road.
What is Fair Street?
This mountain has the largest ski resort in NYS. This resort has more than 100 trails, and 15 different lifts.
What is Gore Mountain?
What is Hannukkah?
This is the sphere of Earth that contains all of the gas/air located around the surface of the planet.
What is the atmosphere?
This is the name for the shortest day of the year (day with the fewest hours of sunlight)
What is the Winter Solstice?
The name of our current building principal.
What is Mrs. Santabarbara?
The first Winter Olympics were held in this country in 1924. The residents of this country are big fans of baguettes.
What is France?
This holiday is observed on December 26th internationally, and was started during the reign of Queen Victoria (but may actually have been around during medieval times)
What is Boxing Day?
This is the name of molten igneous rock when it is still deep within the Earth.
What is magma?
The Iditarod Dogsled race takes place in this state. (Hint: Have you ever seen the movie Balto?)
What is Alaska?
What is 1929?
The fastest speed ever recorded for an athlete competing in this downhill winter event was ~158 miles per hour.
What is skiing?
What is Kwanzaa?
An observation is something that we can see, smell, touch, "observe." On the other hand, THIS is the term for an educated guess or idea that we can surmise based on available data.
What is an inference?
The Polar Bear Plunge originated in this North American Country.
What is Canada?
Name 2 of the "Carmel 6 C's"
Critical Thinking
Citizenship
Compassion
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
The Winter Olympics were held in this New York city two times: first in 1932, and then in 1980. You can still visit the ski jumps to this day, and take an elevator to the top.
What is Lake Placid, NY?