Backcountry
Standard measures for freeriding
Standard measures, i.e. generally valid, effective and recognized recommendations for action to avoid risks, are always (!) applied – regardless of the type of group, the terrain or the current
Contents
Snow is an exciting and unique material and we want children and young people to learn more about it and share their fascination with us. The teaching material can be easily integrated into science or physics lessons, for example, and can be designed in great detail depending on the age of the pupils.
– What is snow?
-Aggregate states of water
-How does snow form?
-Why does a snow crystal (almost) always have the same number of arms?
-Why is snow white?
-Experiments: Discovering snow
Information and descriptions of the illustrations can be found in the knowledge article:
Did you know that…
Snow is a form of frozen water. It consists of many small ice crystals that form into snowflakes.
Snow consists of water. Water is a unique substance with different aggregate states and a special feature known as the anomaly of water.
The processes that lead to the formation of snow crystals are complex and depend on many factors, e.g. temperature, humidity, air pressure and the amount of water vapor in the air.
Snow crystals have a hexagonal shape due to the molecular structure of water. The hexagonal shape is created by the way in which water molecules are arranged during the formation of snow crystals.
Snow appears white to us because it reflects all the colors of visible light.
