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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Snowflake Bentley

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Snowflake Bentley

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this ReadWorks read aloud lesson, students will describe Bentley's environment and his interactions with it. Students will evaluate the impact a person's environment can have on life. Then students...
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Fundación Cientec

Fractales en Su Aula

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson plans and activities available in Spanish dealing with fractals. Some are also available in English. Activities are step by step and easy to understand. Included topics are the Koch Snowflake, Sierpinski's triangle, and Pascal's...
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Interactive
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: The Curious Growth of a Snow Crystal

For Students 4th - 9th
Explore how snowflake crystal shapes depend on the temperature of the cloud.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Winter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn your classroom into a winter wonderland with these festive activities, videos, and interactive games for grades PreK-12. Explore different winter holidays, investigate snowflakes using math and science, create winter-themed crafts,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Guide to Snowflakes

For Students 3rd - 8th
No two snowflakes are the same, but they may have the same form. Learn about the basic forms of snowflakes as well as how some scientists classify them. Explore the site to find out other information as well.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Guide to Snowflakes

For Students 3rd - 8th
No two snowflakes are the same, but they may have the same form. Learn about the basic forms of snowflakes as well as how some scientists classify them. Explore the site to find out other information as well.
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Website
California Institute of Technology

Things You Always Wanted to Know About Snow Crystals

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered if it's true that no two snowflakes are ever the same or why snow is white? Find out the answers to these questions and others here!
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Interactive
Other

Snow Days

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A virtual program that allows you to create a snowflake with a the click of your mouse.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Ukichiro Nakaya

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about Ukichiro Nakaya, who is known for his work in glaciology and low-temperature sciences. He is credited with making the first artificial snowflakes.
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Interactive
NASA

Sci Jinks: Grow Snow Crystals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how snowflakes are created. Use this interactive to recognize the role temperature plays in the formation of snow crystals.
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Read Works

Read Works: Let It Snow!

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about snowflakes and a scientist who photographs and studies them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Precipitation: Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this chemistry field/class based activity, students investigate snow and, more specifically, why snowflakes have six sides. Students will individually fossilize a snowflake and observe similarities and differences with other members...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Snow Science!

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how snow forms and about different types of snowflakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Cool Prize

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The photographing of snowflakes is the topic of this informational text passage. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Handout
Other

Matematicka Secke: Universal Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses how useful symmetry is to Physics.
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Activity
California Institute of Technology

Growing Your Own Snow Crystals

For Students 3rd - 8th
No two snowflakes are the same! Find out if that statement is true by "growing" your own snow flakes and comparing them. You need a coke bottle, dry ice and a Styrofoam cup.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Finished Snowflake

For Students 9th - 10th
Step-by-step illustrated directions on how to make a stunning 3D paper star-shaped snowflake.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Icy Precipitation

For Students 9th - 10th
Snowflakes are not the only type of icy precipitation. Find out about other types of ice that fall from the sky.
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Activity
Other

The Confederation Poets: William Wilfred Campbell (1858 1918)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the works of Confederation poet William Wilfred Campbell. Primary texts are accompanied by criticism: "Charles G.D. Roberts and William Wilfred Campbell as Canadian Tour Guides."
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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...
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Activity
abcteach

Abcteach: Colors Theme Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - K
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site is home to a collection of coloring pages targeted to kindergarten-aged children to assist them in learning their colors. Find a pumpkin, squirrel, grapes, bird, frog, snowflake, apple, sun,...
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Winter Weather

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers vocabulary puzzles and activities using 34 vocabulary words pertaining to Winter Weather. It also provides an extensive winter vocabulary list, lesson plan ideas, and information about ice depth and snowflakes.

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