The Smell of Snow

That's News to Me

Low Int
All ages
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 try to describe the smell of winter in their own words.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

scent
reflect
humid
intense
absorb
climate change
pollution
cycle
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