Getting Through Winter: The Snowy Forest

Brrr! Professor Luna Moon takes a winter walk through the Snowy Forest. Geese fly south, squirrels bury acorns, a white hare hides in the snow, and deep underground a groundhog is fast asleep.

Remember: Animals get through winter in different ways. Some hibernate: they sleep deeply all winter, and their heartbeat and breathing slow way down (groundhogs). Some migrate: they travel to warmer places in autumn and come back in spring (geese, and monarch butterflies that fly to Mexico). Some change their coats (the snowshoe hare turns white), and some store food (squirrels).

Magic trick: Hibernate = stay home and sleep. Migrate = pack up and move.