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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: How Do Snowflakes Form?

For Students 9th - 10th
This page explains how snowflakes are formed. Find out if all snowflakes are really different.
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Article
National Snow and Ice Data Center

Nsidc: All About Snow

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful snow scene awaits you at this site as well as cold facts about snow, Q & As, a snow glossary to inform you on such things as the difference between a blizzard and a squall, and information on avalanches and blizzards.
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Curated OER

Highly Magnified View of a Ice Crystal (Snowflake)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using household items, one can demonstrate "the forces of pressure and how it can affect other objects."
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Graphic
Curated OER

Snowflake.jpg (7150 Bytes)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the California Institute of Technology contains information on the study of snow crystals. There are numerous links on the left side of the page. Some of the topics are photo collections, preserving snow and the physics of...