Snow Traps Additional Information

December 12, 2011 at 4:13 pm

Recommended Web sites:

Erica David presented some of her findings at the International Snow Science Workshop on Sept. 20, 2004, in Jackson Hole, Wyo. See www.avalanche.org/~issw2004/abstracts.htm?PaperSession=4(American Avalanche Institute).

To learn more about trapping snow to increase water supply, go to www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/water/snowfence_e.htm(Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada).

For information about living snow fences, see www.unl.edu/nac/aug94/snowfences/snowfence.html (University of Nebraska).

Information about engineering studies of blowing snow and fences is available at www.tablerassociates.com/ (Tabler & Associates) and www.wyomingwater.org/_pdfs/2005Presentations/TablerPresentation.pdf (Wyoming Water Association).

You can learn more about the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge at http://www.sciserv.org/dcysc/Index.asp (Science Service) and http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/ (Discovery Channel).

Information about the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is available at http://www.sciserv.org/isef/ (Science Service) and http://www.intel.com/education/isef/ (Intel).

For links to other Science News for Kids articles about the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, see http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/sciencefairzone/dcysc.asp.

Vanderbilt University’s Girls and Science Camp has a Web page at www.vanderbilt.edu/cso/gascamp.php(Vanderbilt University).

Sohn, Emily. 2006. Snowflakes and avalanches. Science News for Kids (Jan. 18). Available at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2006/01/snowflakes-and-avalanches-2/.

______. 2004. A dire shortage of water. Science News for Kids (Aug. 25). Available at http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2004/08/a-dire-shortage-of-water-2/.

ScienceFairZone: Effect of Snow Fences on Snowdrifts

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20031217/ScienceFairZone.asp.

Books recommended by SearchIt!Science:

Snow Amazing: Cool Facts and Warm Tales— Jane Drake, Ann Love

Published by Tundra Books, 2004.

If you want to know anything and everything about snow, turn to this playfully illustrated book. Its short chapters cover dozens of snowy topics: how snow crystals develop, spring thaws, how filmmakers film snow, snow prints, avalanches, snowbirds, and more. Along with weather information, stories of snowy expeditions, and information about snow-dwelling plants and animals, the book offers wintry folktales from around the world.

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Power Words

From The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary and The American Heritage® Children’s Science Dictionary.

sublimation The process of changing from a solid to a gas, or from a gas to a solid, without turning into a liquid first. Frost sometimes evaporates by sublimation.Solid carbon dioxide, known as dry ice, seems to give off smoke at room temperature. This “smoke” is actually the solid carbon dioxide turning directly into a gas in the process known as sublimation. Dry ice is useful for packing certain materials that need to stay cold, since it doesn’t melt and get everything wet.

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