Winter Holiday Science Choice Board – Engaging Video Activities for Middle & High School

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Multidisciplinary Science Menu Featuring Snowflakes, Santa Physics, Antarctic Biology, and More.

This Google Slides lesson uses short, curated videos to explore science concepts connected to winter holidays through a structured student-choice format. Students select from a set of video-based investigations and analyze each topic using guided questions.

Students choose from approximately ten winter-themed science topics and:

  • watch a short, kid-friendly video

  • answer content-based and reasoning questions

  • explain the scientific mechanisms behind familiar winter phenomena

Topics include examples such as:

  • why evergreen trees remain green in winter

  • how snowflakes form

  • how Antarctic fish survive freezing temperatures

  • the physics of spinning dreidels

  • and how snowmen can be built effectively

The lesson is organized as a choice board, with a recommended number of activities to complete while allowing flexibility based on time and instructional goals. Each holiday icon links to a slide with a video and related questions, and a navigation icon returns students to the main menu.

This lesson is designed to support:

  • application of science concepts to seasonal contexts

  • explanation of real-world phenomena

  • engagement through structured student choice

  • short-form analysis of multimedia science sources

It functions well as:

  • a seasonal science activity

  • an enrichment or review task

  • a low-prep digital choice board lesson

The structure allows students to investigate multiple science ideas while practicing explanation and interpretation across a variety of short, focused topics.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT ALLOWS YOUTUBE ACCESS BEFORE PURCHASE.

To preview this lesson, click here.

Science & Engineering Practices (SEPs):
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information; Constructing Explanations

Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs):
Cause and Effect; Structure and Function

Common Core (Literacy in Science):
RST.6-8.7, RST.9-10.7
WHST.6-8.2, WHST.9-10.2

Bundle Upgrade Policy

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If you purchase this lesson and decide at a later date that you would like to upgrade to a bundle, you may request a store credit equal to the total amount paid for duplicate items.

To request an upgrade credit, please email thelessonlaboratory@gmail.com and include:

  • Your username

  • The order numbers for both the original purchase(s) and the bundle

  • The names of the duplicate resources

Requests must be submitted within 30 days of the bundle purchase. Credits are issued as store credit for future Lesson Laboratory purchases and are not provided as cash refunds.

This policy applies only to purchases of resources that are later included in a Lesson Laboratory bundle and is limited to one adjustment per upgrade pathway.


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Multidisciplinary Science Menu Featuring Snowflakes, Santa Physics, Antarctic Biology, and More.

This Google Slides lesson uses short, curated videos to explore science concepts connected to winter holidays through a structured student-choice format. Students select from a set of video-based investigations and analyze each topic using guided questions.

Students choose from approximately ten winter-themed science topics and:

  • watch a short, kid-friendly video

  • answer content-based and reasoning questions

  • explain the scientific mechanisms behind familiar winter phenomena

Topics include examples such as:

  • why evergreen trees remain green in winter

  • how snowflakes form

  • how Antarctic fish survive freezing temperatures

  • the physics of spinning dreidels

  • and how snowmen can be built effectively

The lesson is organized as a choice board, with a recommended number of activities to complete while allowing flexibility based on time and instructional goals. Each holiday icon links to a slide with a video and related questions, and a navigation icon returns students to the main menu.

This lesson is designed to support:

  • application of science concepts to seasonal contexts

  • explanation of real-world phenomena

  • engagement through structured student choice

  • short-form analysis of multimedia science sources

It functions well as:

  • a seasonal science activity

  • an enrichment or review task

  • a low-prep digital choice board lesson

The structure allows students to investigate multiple science ideas while practicing explanation and interpretation across a variety of short, focused topics.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT ALLOWS YOUTUBE ACCESS BEFORE PURCHASE.

To preview this lesson, click here.

Science & Engineering Practices (SEPs):
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information; Constructing Explanations

Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs):
Cause and Effect; Structure and Function

Common Core (Literacy in Science):
RST.6-8.7, RST.9-10.7
WHST.6-8.2, WHST.9-10.2

Bundle Upgrade Policy

This lesson is included in one or more bundles. To support flexible purchasing and long-term use of our curriculum, Lesson Laboratory offers a bundle upgrade policy.

If you purchase this lesson and decide at a later date that you would like to upgrade to a bundle, you may request a store credit equal to the total amount paid for duplicate items.

To request an upgrade credit, please email thelessonlaboratory@gmail.com and include:

  • Your username

  • The order numbers for both the original purchase(s) and the bundle

  • The names of the duplicate resources

Requests must be submitted within 30 days of the bundle purchase. Credits are issued as store credit for future Lesson Laboratory purchases and are not provided as cash refunds.

This policy applies only to purchases of resources that are later included in a Lesson Laboratory bundle and is limited to one adjustment per upgrade pathway.


Join the Lesson Laboratory and Teach for Tomorrow!