Community SnowSchool Workshops

Program Description:Winter represents one of our four operating seasons: 

The WSU Chelan/Douglas County Extension office in Wenatchee Washington is coordinating SnowSchool for the 2025-26 season. This project operates between November and April each winter season for residents and visitors to Chelan and Douglas Counties. Opportunities include multiple ways to experience self-guided, scientific experiments at-home  and pre-recorded extended-learning workshops.

4-H SnowSchool introduces middle and high school students from Chelan and Douglas Counties to winter based activities to include snow shoeing and exploring local recreation destinations. Program experiences include hosting Natural Resource Professionals during online workshops and extended learning opportunities. Program objectives aim to offer students perspective on potential careers and activities to build their competence in the outdoors. The purpose of this program is to introduce students to the mountains in their backyard, and educate the students about the snowpack, STEM opportunities, and watershed conservation efforts. This partnership uses Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards to explore the scientific methods through the lens of snow science. Students work with facilitators to collect and analyze data with necessary materials from their 4-H SnowSchool Kits. Participants summarize their finding through reflection papers, fulfilling Agent of Discovery Missions, and participating in the Winter Wildlands Alliance Snowpack prediction contest.

 Objectives of the program include:

• Students, visitors and families will:
  • Engage with their environment during the winter
  • Develop the use of the scientific method through the lens of snow science and water equivalency
  • Simulate avalanches and examine behavior, and causes
  • Participate in the Winter Wildland Alliance’s Wenatchee Mountain Snowpack Prediction Contest

• Program opportunities are accessed by modular formats for:
  • Registered school groups (10 hours over 6-7 weeks)
  • Registered participants 4-H Accelerated Workshops (10 hours over 3-4 days)
  • Agents of Discovery Public Mission (24/7 at home or in-person)
• Grant Sponsors
  • Chelan/Douglas School Retirees Association
  • Community Foundation of North Central Washington
• Grade band activity descriptions and lesson plans
  • 4-H SnowSchool utilizes the standards-based curriculum from Winter Wildlands Alliance, combined with STEM Collaborators, and each groups objectives. (4-H Lesson plans and Module Scope and Sequence are available upon request)

 

4-H SnowSchool Tracks Video with Winter Wildlands Alliance At-Home Experiments page.

SnowSchool Community Workshops Schedule

Workshops for Chelan and Douglas County youth and their families

Eco-Stewardship description including 4-H SnowSchool activities

Educator training: Online.

For teachers, group leaders and individuals, this experience shows you how to conduct snow science activities with others.

Formación de profesores.

Sabado, el 30 de enero, 2021, 12-4PM –Click here 

Para maestros, líderes de grupo y individuos, esta experiencia les muestra cómo hacer actividades sobre la ciencia de la nieve.

 

Programas en el comunidad

4-H SnowSchool (Escuela de la Nieve)- Clases de la ciencia de la nieve para las personas de Chelan/Douglas Counties

Cada viernes de febero a las 3-4PM, ofremos actividades para jovenes y las familias.

 

Viernes, el 5 de febero, Lugar: en línea 3-4PM

Fundamentos de la escuela de nieve- medición cuánto agua hay en la nieve.

 

Viernes, el 12 de febero, Lugar: en línea 3-4PM

¿Que puede decirte el nieve? Un experimento en la naturaleza.

 

Viernes, el 19 de febero, Lugar: en línea 3-4PM

Escuela de la Nieve: proyecto de ciencia de ciudadana- la nieve: pasado, presente, y futuro.

 

Viernes, el 26 de febero,

Las avalanchas en casa, vamos a construir un manto de nieve

 

SnowSchool Community Based Program partners: