TEAM #1 – Insulated, Deep Pack Site

  1. Your team will need: plastic container with holes in bottom, thermometer and a piece of insulating material.
  2. Locate and place the towel and thermometer in an empty site in the upper watershed of your table model.
  3. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in theplastic container and quickly take to your site.
  1. Place the container full of ‘snow’ on your site and cover with the insulating material to represent a covered, north-facing, high elevation snowfield site. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Slide a thermometer into the container under the insulating material. Remove and quickly record temperature after 1 minute.
  1. Leave container and insulating material in place and return thermometer to instructor.

TEAM #2 – Open, Deep Pack Site

  1. Your team will need: plastic container with holes in bottom, and a thermometer.
  1. Locate and place the thermometerin an empty site in the upper watershed of your table model.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in the plastic container and quickly take to your site.
  1. Place the container full of ‘snow’ on your site. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  2. Place the bulb end of a thermometer on your snow field. Remove and quickly record temperature after 1 minute.
  3. Your location represents an uncovered, south-facing, high elevation snowfield site. Leave container in place a return thermometer to instructor.

TEAM #3 – Insulated, Shallow Pack Site

  1. Your team will need: A measuring cup, thermometer and a piece of insulating material.
  2. Locate and place the thermometer and the insulating material in an empty site in the lower watershed of your table model.
  3. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in your plastic container and quickly take to your site.
  1. Dumpsnowon your site and use container to spread your snow across site – DO NOT PRESS DOWN ON SNOW OR USE YOUR FINGERS!
  2. Cover with the insulating material to represent a covered, north-facing, low elevation snowfield site. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  3. Slide a thermometer into the container under the insulating material. Remove and quickly record temperature after 1 minute.
  1. Leave snow in place and return plastic container and thermometer to instructor.

TEAM #4 – Open, Shallow Pack Site

  1. Your team will need: A measuring cup, thermometer.
  1. Locate and place the thermometer in an empty site in the lower watershed of your table model.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in your plastic container and quickly take to your site.
  1. Use container to spread your snow across the site– DO NOT PRESS DOWN ON SNOW OR USE YOUR FINGERS!
  1. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Place the bulb end of a thermometer on your snow field. Remove and quickly record temperature after 1 minute.
  1. Your location represents an uncovered, south-facing, low elevation snowfield site. Leave container in place a return thermometer to instructor.

TEAM #5 – Windy Site, Deep Snowpack

  1. Your team will need: (2) plastic containerswith holes in bottom,(2) thermometers, (1)piece of insulating materialand a fan.
  1. Locate and place the insulating material & thermometers in the upper watershed of your table model.
  1. Turn on and strategically place your fan to blow across both of your sites.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in eachplastic containerand quickly take to your site.
  1. Place a container of ‘snow’ on each of your sites and cover (1) container with the insulating material.Placeboth in range of the fan. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Lay a thermometer over each snowpack (under theinsulating material in the covered container).Quickly remove and record temperature of each after 1 minute.
  1. Leave ‘snow fields’,insulating materials and fan in place and return thermometers and to instructor.

TEAM #6 – Windy Site, Shallow Snowpack

  1. Your team will need: (2) measuring cups, (2) thermometers, (1)piece of insulating material and a fan.
  1. Locate and place the insulating material & thermometers in the lower watershed of your table model.
  1. Turn on and strategically place your fan to blow across both of your sites.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in each of your measuring cups. Quickly return and dump the ‘snow’ on your shallow pack on your table model.
  1. Use container to spread your snow across each site– DO NOT PRESS DOWN ON SNOW OR USE YOUR FINGERS!
  1. Cover (1) snow site with the insulating material. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Lay a thermometer over each snowpack (under the insulating material that covers one site). Quickly remove and record temperature of each after 1 minute.
  1. Leave ‘snow packs’, insulating materials and fan in place and returnthermometers and to instructor.

TEAM #7 – Increased Temperature, Deep Pack Site

  1. Your team will need: (2) plastic containerswith holes in bottom, (2) thermometers, (1) lamp and (1) piece of insulating material.
  1. Locate and place the insulating material & thermometers in the upper watershed of your table model.
  1. Turn on and strategically place your lamp to heat both of your sites.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in each plastic container and quickly take to your site under the lamp.
  1. Place a container of ‘snow’ on each of your sites and cover (1) container with the insulating material. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Lay a thermometer over each snowpack (under the insulating material in the covered container). Quickly remove and record temperature of each after 1 minute.
  1. Leave ‘snow fields’, insulating materials and fan in place and return thermometers and to instructor.

TEAM #8 – Increased Temperature, Shallow Snowpack

  1. Your team will need: (2) measuring cups, (2) thermometers, (1)piece of insulating materialand a lamp.
  1. Locate and place the insulating material & thermometers in the lower watershed of your table model.
  1. Turn on and strategically place your lamp to heat both of your sites.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in each of your measuring cups. Quickly return and dump the ‘snow’ on your shallow pack on your table model.
  1. Use container to spread your snow across each site– DO NOT PRESS DOWN ON SNOW OR USE YOUR FINGERS!
  1. Cover (1) snow site with the insulating material. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Lay a thermometer over each snowpack (under the insulating material that covers one site). Quickly remove and record temperature of each after 1 minute.
  2. Leave ‘snow packs’, insulating materials and fan in place and returnthermometers and to instructor.

TEAM #9 – Increased Wind and Heat, Deep Pack

  1. Your team will need: (2) plastic containerswith holes in bottom, (2) thermometers, (1) mini-heater w/fan and (1) piece of insulating material.
  1. Locate and place the insulating material & thermometers at your site in the upper watershed of your table model.
  1. Work with the shallow pack team at your table to turn on and strategically place the mini-heater to blow across all snow sites on the model.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in your plastic containers and quickly return to your model locations.
  1. Place a container of ‘snow’ on each of your sites and cover (1) container with the insulating material. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Lay a thermometer over each snowpack (under the insulating material of the covered site). Quickly remove and record temperature of each after 1 minute.
  1. Leave ‘snow fields’ and min-heater in place with fan running and return thermometers and to instructor.

TEAM #10 – Increased Wind and Heat, Shallow Pack

  1. Your team will need: (2) measuring cups, (2) thermometers, (1) mini-heater w/fan and (1) piece of insulating material.
  1. Locate and place the insulating material & thermometers at your site in the lower watershed of your table model.
  1. Work with the deep pack team at your table to turn on and strategically place the mini-heater to blow across all snow sites on the model.
  1. Place a cup of ‘snow’ in each of your measuring cups. Quickly return and dump the ‘snow’ on your shallow pack sites on your table model.
  1. Use container to spread your snow across each site– DO NOT PRESS DOWN ON SNOW OR USE YOUR FINGERS!
  1. Cover (1) snow site with the insulating material. RECORD START TIME NOW.
  1. Lay a thermometer over each snowpack (under the insulating material of the covered site). Quickly remove and record temperature of each after 1 minute.
  1. Leave ‘snow fields’ and min-heater in place with fan running and return thermometers and to instructor.