The Smell of Snow

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students read about how climate change is altering the smell of snow. This lesson includes academic vocabulary related to science. Students also describe the smell of snow in their own words.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

decay
olfactory
neuroscience
molecule
compound
contiguous
trace
nitrogen
toxicity
contaminant
sediment
iteration
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