For our Learning Outside director, Dr. Nadine Ives, the wind chill has been a thorn in her side this winter — or maybe an icy blast in her face.
Sometimes, students and Dr. Ives are unable to go outside because school policies are to keep students inside when the temperature with wind chill is below -20 . However, often the place they are heading to is sheltered, with little or no wind. On other days, it can also work the opposite way, and it feels colder than the weather app suggests.
So, Dr. Ives is adding info on wind chill to her winter weather activities, hoping that teachers, parents and the rest of us will learn to consider the conditions where we are outside, not just what our phones say. This information complements our existing lessons on temperature and its importance to plants and animals and how to read a thermometer.
Environment Canada has a really good resource about the wind chill which you can check out below. Did you know that Canada played a leading role in developing the wind chill factor?
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