Avalanche Resources for Schools

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This page offers links to resources for teachers and students and offers project ideas. If you know of any more please let us know. You can also use our Forums.

Graduate Student Opportunities - From the National Avalanche Center

Books and Videos

Kids: Purchase "Avalanche! - Nature in Action Series" - $20.00

More Educational Books and Videos are also Available in the Avalanche Store!

Project Ideas

Trying to think of something besides a term paper? Here are some things we have assisted students on. (The ideas were theirs - we assisted some of them by providing various materials and comments). Please share your own project ideas with other students through our website, especially on the Students Forum!

Create a Web Site

ThinkQuest - See the Avalanche section of "Forces of Nature" by Emily Boyd (Australia), Helen Cheng (United States), and Mohamed El-Zohairy (Egypt). (English and Spanish Sites!)

University - Hardy Sawall of Michigan Technological University did these pages on avalanche defense for a Natural Hazards course.

University - Dulci Bosma, Christine Williams, and Becky Lookman of Michigan Tech did these basic education pages for a Natural Hazards course.

Create an Interpretive Display

Two students at Oregon State University did this for a Forestry course.

Produce a Multi-media Presentation

Some high school students in Juneau Alaska used Director to make a multi-media presentation on avalanche rescue transceivers for a math/science project. Too bad they never sent us a copy.

Web Resources

• Slip Sliding Away - Some Avalanche site in NZ
• Snow Science - Science for Kids, Suite 101

Teachers Resources

Here are some ideas for your classroom sessions on avalanches. Some of these could be used as student project ideas as well.

• NOVA - Avalanche!

  This teachers guide was apparently designed in conjunction with the NOVA Avalanche! program of November 1997, but it will continue to be useful even without seeing the show. If you want the show also, the video is available for sale.

• Avalanche! Lesson Plan (Grade 6-8) - DiscoverySchool

• Bridger Outdoor Science School

  Offers a number of relevant classes on snow and winter topics, not all avalanche related. Some are specifically for teachers. To find out more contact:

  Bridger Outdoor Science School
  PO Box 502; Bozeman, MT 59771
  (406) 582 - 0526

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