Snow Module: Introduction

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#FF0000" vlink="#551A8B" alink="#FF00FF"> <h2 align=center>Snowstorm Hits Seattle!!</h2> <p><font SIZE=+2>B</font><font SIZE=+1>elow are pictures and personal accounts relating to the snowstorm of Tuesday, December 18, 1990. The snowstorm struck the central Puget Sound basin and dumped as much as 14 inches of snow in some areas. For some people, snow is fun and exciting! For others it is downright inconvenient. </font></p> <font size=+1>Tell us about your experience with a <a href="recent_events.html">Recent Snow Event</a>!</font> <p><i><font SIZE=-1>NOTE: you must download and install <a href="../DSP_help.html ">TrueSpeech Internet</a> from DSP Group to hear the DSP encoded audio files. <a href="http://www.dspg.com/allplyr.htm">Download Now!</a> </font></i><font SIZE=+1> </font></p> <table width=100%> <tr> <th></th> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="graphics/stuckbus.gif" border=0 height=240 width=310 alt="[Stuck Metro Bus]"></td> <td><center><font SIZE=+1>Jean's Story<br><br> <a href="audio1.tsp">DSP encoded audio file</a><br><br> <a href="../../../k12/modules/sounds/Bite1.wav">Original .WAV file (3.8Mb)</a> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="graphics/qahill.gif" border=0 height=240 width=310 alt="[Queen Anne Hill]"></td> <td><center><font SIZE=+1>Caryn's Story<br><br> <a href="audio2.tsp">DSP encoded audio file</a><br><br> <a href="../../../k12/modules/sounds/Bite2.wav">Original .WAV file (1.8Mb)</a> </font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="graphics/bus.gif" border=0 height=240 width=310 alt="[School Bus]"> <br><i><font SIZE=-1>photographs courtesy King5 News</font></i></td> <td><center><font SIZE=+1>Mishra's Story<br><br> <a href="audio3.tsp">DSP encoded audio file</a><br><br> <a href="../../../k12/modules/sounds/Bite3.wav">Original .WAV file (3.2Mb)</a> </font></td> </tr> </table> <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/cgi-bin/k12/cgi-bin/snow_module.pl"> <pre> Name: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME="realname" SIZE=27> School: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME="school" SIZE=50> Teacher: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME="teacher" SIZE=27><br></pre> <ul> <li><font SIZE=+1>Write about a snow storm you remember. Include both the "fun" part and parts that were not fun.</font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer10" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <li><font SIZE=+1>What do you think causes snow? </font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer11" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <li><font SIZE=+1>Is it snowing somewhere in the world right now? Check <a href="http://www.atmos.washington.edu/summary.html ">this reference</a> to see: Where is it snowing? How do you know? </font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer12" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <li><font SIZE=+1>One family created a Web page devoted to their experience with a blizzard. Check out the <a href="http://boutell.com/%7Egrant/Misc/blizzard.html ">Blizzard in Delaware</a>: What strategies did this family use during the blizzard? </font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer13" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <li><font SIZE=+1><a href="http://home.ucar.edu/ucargen/press/1996%20Press%20Releases/deicing.html">Deicing solution:</a> What is there about snow and ice that makes flying dangerous? </font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer14" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <li><font SIZE=+1>Find out the location of snow or ice in North America. Look at satellite pictures from <a href="http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/satelite/satelite.htm">The National Operational Hydrology Remote Sensing Center:</a> Where is the deepest snow in Western U. S.? </font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer15" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <li><font SIZE=+1>What's the weather like in Seattle right now? Check <a href="http://www.washington.edu/cambots/">this picture</a> and make a guess: </font><br> <TEXTAREA NAME="answer16" ROWS="4" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA><br></li> <br> <ul><ul><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit your responses for posting"> <input type="reset" value="Clear text from response boxes"> </ul></ul></ul></font></FORM> <br> <center><a href="../public_responses/module_responses_toc.html#snow1"> <img src="../../graphics/view.gif" alt="View prior Responses"> </a></center> <br> <p><font SIZE=+1>Continue on to the <a href="grabber2.html">Snow Stories</a> page when you are ready.</font></p> <center><p><a href="../teachers/snow_teacher_ref.html">Go to Teachers Reference Page</a> </p></center> <table width=100%> <tr><td>This module written by:<br>Ernie Recker & Harry Edmon<br> University of Washington</td> <td>Revised and modified by:<br>Rich Edgerton & Janice DeCosmo<br> University of Washington</td> </tr></table> <p><nobr><a href="../../index.html"><img src="../../graphics/footer1.gif" border=0 height=26 width=340 alt="[Live from Earth & Mars]"></a><img src="../../graphics/footer2.gif" border=0 height=2 width=150 alt="_________________________"><img src="../../graphics/footer2.gif" border=0 height=2 width=150 alt="_________________________"></nobr></p> </body>