The Smell of Snow

That's News to Me

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring modified 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

aroma
atmosphere
impurity
intensify
biological
mold
circulation
exhaust
absorb
fragrance
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