Cold Snap

Science/Geography

Students will present both facts and fiction about cold-weather places.

What You Need

• Access to the Internet, atlases, and other reference materials.

What To Do

1. Divide students into small groups. Ask each group to identify a place that gets very, very cold for at least part of the year. Guide them to weather-related Web sites or other reference materials to help them find such places.
2. Tell each group to write a descriptive, fact-based paragraph or page about the location, based on their research. Then ask them to write another description, exaggerating the facts so that the place becomes amazingly, unbelievably cold!
3. Have students present both descriptions to the class. Ask the class to vote on which place sounds the most incredibly chilly!