Snow Science
January 10th
Children's Room, Main Library
We began our program by sending the children out to gather samples of snow in test tubes from various places. They listened to a story about Wilson (Snowflake) Bentley who dedicated his life to the study snowflakes. This was followed by a slideshow of some of the actual pictures that Mr. Bentley had taken. We then examined the melted snow, checking for any debris, PH levels, amount of water left in the test tube etc. Crystals of different varieties were examined through a magnifying glass. They each went home with paper snowflakes of their own creation.
Click here for our handout on snow.
Children listen to the story of Snowflake Bentley
They analyzed snow collected in test tubes.
Recording the results of their analysis.
Examining various kinds of crystals
using magnifying glasses.
Participants created lovely paper snowflakes.
To download some snowflake patterns that we used click below