COPING WITH THE COLD ACTIVITIES

Teachers, history club coordinators, and scout troop leaders: Following are several activities corresponding to the Wisconsin Stories episodes on Wisconsin Public Television. Some of these activities refer to publications available through the State Historical Society's Office of School Services. In other activities, we've provided the activity as a PDF file. To find out when the next program airs, check our program listing.

• Download SHSH's complete snowshoe activity.
• Recommended: activities from SHSW's Celebrating Everyday Life in Wisconsin. All activities from pages 15-22.
• Research record-setting storms, deepest snows, and coldest temperatures in your town.
• Ice Harvesting—kids' event—who can take a block of ice the farthest in a home-made insular vehicle?
• Build a model ice boat.
• Scouts: "Frosty Fun," "Across Generations," and "My Heritage."
• Activity: Interview cold-weather workers in your hometown.
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• Speaking of cold, how about the Ice Age in Wisconsin? Check out the MAMMOTH MYSTERY by visiting the WisHis Web site. Click on "The Mammoth Mystery" and see if you can solve this Ice Age question!

Online Resources
SHSW Office of School Services
http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/oss/

SHSW's complete snowshoe activity
http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/oss/bhb/lessons/snowshoe.htm

WisHis Web site
http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/kids/index.cfm