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Last year, I did a mini-project with Kindergarteners prior to their Showcase night where they drew snowflakes, typed their name on the page, and printed them. They were precious, and a neat winter wall decor item. I talked with students briefly about how snowflakes are all special and unique…. just like them! ((Although, I learned today that conventional wisdom about ‘no identical snowflakes’ is not true. Check out the info here at Wolfram Science.))
This year, I’m sprucing up that project by showing a short BrainPOP video on Snowflakes and then sharing another video from University of Wisconsin-Madison on Computer Modeled Snowflakes. (I wish this video was embeddable, but it’s not. It’s worth the click!)
Rules of the game?
- Use blue colors.
- Keep the background white.
- Type your name.
- Print.
Results below.
I’m also downloading Wolfram’s MathematicaPlayer for my older students because it has an interesting snow growth simulation that I’d like to show to the older students.
Looks like fun to me! My students love Make a Flake http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com we use this every year as part of our snowflake discussion. They always turn out incredible and every single one is different. We do a parade around the classroom to check out everyone’s flakes. I would have loved to do a follow up activity where they draw the snowflake. Neat idea!