Winter Facts
Is it safe to eat snow?
Martin, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, advises against eating snow that has been collected directly off the ground due to the potential for contaminants and toxins and also says you shouldn't eat any snow that has already been plowed, even if it looks clean
Who in this class has been shoveling snow and hit their face with a shovel causing a nose bleed
Cayleigh
Whos family is going to rent a house in Italy for a month
Lucca
I was known to Greek philosophers a thousand years ago, I have numbers all in a line, and I can tell you if rain will turn to snow. What am I?
Thermometer
vWhat is my favorite food?
chips and queso
Where is the snowiest city on earth?
In Japan!
Aomori City in northern Japan receives more snowfall than any major city on the planet. Each year citizens are pummeled with 312 inches, or about 26 feet, of snow on average.
Who favorite sport is wrestling in this class
Liam
Who is in show choir in this class
Evah
You can find me in abundance in Greenland, in a box, in a sweet treat but you’ll never ever find me in an oven. What am I?
Ice
My go to order at any coffee shop?
iced vanilla latte
How much salt is used on roads per year? (for ice/snow conditions)
22 million
More than 22 million tons of salt are used on U.S. roads each winter.
According to the Lake Champlain Sea Grant, that’s enough to fill a line of dump trucks extending 8333 miles.
Who likes dirt bikes in this class
Evan
whos favorite food is steak
Caleb
I am a dreamlike fairyland but I can be horrific to many when I cover the land with ice. What am I?
Winter
What will Ms.Koski be doing over break
traveling with Sister and mom
What was the largest snowflake ever recorded?
15 inches!
Witnesses of a snowstorm in Fort Keogh, Montana, in 1887 claimed to see milk-pan sized crystals fall from the sky. That would make them the largest snowflakes ever spotted, at around 15 inches wide
Who has a parrot in this class
Emmett
Who in this class has tried octopus before
Ben!
How are minus zero, negative zero and below zero the same?
They are all really cold
What is Ms.Koski's favorite number
6
How is wind chill calculated? (when the temperature feels more cold than it records on a thermometer)
formula reads: Wind Chill = 35.74 + 0.6215T – 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16).
Who in this class has had a pet guinea pig
Mia
Who in this class plays volleyball
Olivia
What does December, January and February have in common?
The letter R
What is Ms.Koski's favorite Winter activity
skiing