Why Do Snowflakes Come in So Many Shapes and Sizes?

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
snowflake water vaopr crystal ice crystal molecular shape lattice polymorphism
Subjects
Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Post-Secondary
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Why Do Snowflakes Come in So Many Shapes and Sizes?

In this media-rich lesson, students learn the physics of snowflake formation. They build an apparatus to grow their own snow crystals and explore how the forces that act on water molecules result in the hexagonal shapes of snowflakes.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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