SNOWFLAKE RESEARCH

DIRECTIONS – PLEASE READ!!

A. Write down each search phrase you use for each
question.
B. Record the answer to the question.
C. Paste the URL of the sites where the answers are found.

Try different search engines! Bing, Dogpile, Yahoo, AltaVista,

Metacrawler, GoCom

1. What is the name of the self-educated farmer who studied

snowflakes?
SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TERMS/PHRASES
USED TO GET
THE ANSWER –
the less words, the
better!
1.name of self Wilson weayearofsciencebc.ca/.../stories.../wilson-bentley-the-snowflake-
educated farmer who Bentley manbrainfuel.tv/?.ther.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/01/the_snowflake.ph
studies snowflakes p
2. snowflake
scientist who is self
educated
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2. These are two things that make one snowflake different than
another:
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3. Larger, complex snowflakes are all different. Why are no two

exactly like the
other?
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4. What type of snowflakes CAN look like one another?

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5. The Guinness Book of World Records recorded the largest

snowflake. Where did
it fall and how wide and thick was it?
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6. What is "snirt" and what does that have to do with snow?

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7. There are at least 35 types of snowflakes. Name five.

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5. 5.

8. There is a lot of snowflake art. What would you buy at the

snowflake store?
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THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
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9. Find a movie that shows a snowflake forming.

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THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
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10. Copy and paste a snowflake PHOTO below. Don’t forget to paste
the URL.

BONUS: Briefly explain how snowflakes are made (not the paper kind!)