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Did you know?
While waiting for her food to heat up Kimmy goes on to Google to read up about snow. • The earliest known snow shovel is estimated to be approximately 6,000 years old. It was found in a bog in Russia. According to archaeologists, its blade was made from a carved elk antler. The antler piece was tied to a wood or bone…
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Some facts about snow
‘Snow affects sound - Freshly fallen snow absorbs sound waves, giving everything a seemingly hushed, quieter ambience after a flurry. But if the snow then melts and refreezes, the ice can reflect sound waves making sound travel further and clearer. Monkeys love it - Don’t think for a second we are the only mammals to enjoy…
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Tallest snowman
Kimmy’s food is ready so she stops reading for a bit. Once she is finished eating she cleans up the kitchen and goes back to Google. ‘Residents of Bethel, Maine, USA, and surrounding towns, built a snow woman measuring 37.21 m (122 ft 1 in) tall, over a period of one month, completing her on 26 February 2008. • 13 million…
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I’m a little snowman
Kimmy comes across some cute poems and stories about snowmen. ‘I’m a little snowman, look at me. These are my buttons, 1 2 3. These are my eyes and this is my nose. I wear a hat and scarf. Brrr…it’s cold!’ (Source) Kimmy really likes this cute poem….. Oh look …….. another cute snowman poem! ‘I'm a little snowman, short and…
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Snowflake poems
Snowflake, snowflake Floating on down Snowflake, snowflake Drifting through town Snowflake, snowflake What do you see? Snowflake, snowflake Have you come to see me?’ (Source) ‘I’m a little snowflake, look at me. No other snowflake is just like me. I’m so unique, as you can see, And just as special as I can be! I’m a little…
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Have You Ever Wondered?
…………….what a snowflake is? Kimmy is curious so she starts looking up information on snowflakes. ‘What is a snowflake anyway? Conditions in the clouds need to be just right for flakes to form. Temperatures must be lower than about -10 degrees Celsius at the same time as the air is saturated with gaseous evaporated water…
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Facts about snowflakes
‘Why do we associate snowflakes with star shapes? They may be tiny but there is complicated science happening within each and every flake. That’s all down to what happens when water freezes. Every single time this happens, the flake’s molecules arrange themselves into a distinctive six-sided honeycomb-type structure. This…
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Look for different types of snow to build a snowman
Kimmy is really excited to be learning all of this. She can’t wait to share it with Tiffi. She continues her search. ‘When it comes in great quantity, it’s easy to assume it is all the same. But if you look at each individual snowflake, they are often very different. Snowflakes come in many different shapes, sizes, and…
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Let’s go out and play!
Kimmy has read enough for now. Now that she has learned so much about snow and snowflakes she wants to go outside to build a snowman. Aha! Maybe Yeti is free and we wants to go play outside with her. “Hi Yeti, how are you doing today?” asks Kimmy. “I did a lot of reading online about snow and snowflakes and even the type…
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There are now 3 very happy giraffes!
A tear runs down Tiffi’s cheek. Pan-Pan comes over to her and gives her a bear hug! She types out a message in English asking them if they would like to remain in Bamboo Forest instead of going back to the zoo. Once she has it translated into Spanish she shows him what she wrote. He turns to Cindy and Rocco and tells…
