Q Tip- Snowflakes- Activity

• Topic- Seasons and Weather- The students were introduced to Snowflakes - another form of precipitation. They made snowflakes with the help of earbuds.

• Snow is a form of precipitation like rain and sleet.

• To snow the temperature must be below 32 degrees.

• Snowflakes actually start as tiny ice crystals that form from water vapor that freezes in the atmosphere.

• The size of a snowflake depends on how many ice crystals connect together.

• Each snowflake is made up of about 200 ice crystals.

• Snowflakes have six sides.

• There is no scientific proof that no two snowflakes aren’t exactly alike.

• On average snowflakes fall from the sky at 3-4 miles per hour.