SNOWFLAKE RESEARCH

DIRECTIONS – PLEASE READ!!

A. Write down each search phrase you use for each
question.
B. Record the answer to the question.
C. Paste the URL of the sites where the answers are found.

Try different search engines! Bing, Dogpile, Yahoo, AltaVista,

Metacrawler, GoCom

1. What is the name of the self-educated farmer who studied

snowflakes?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1. farmer Vermont http://snowflakebentley.com/
2. farmer snowflakes Bentley
3. farmer studied snowflakes
4.
5.

2. These are two things that make one snowflake different than
another:
SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TERMS/PHRASES
USED TO GET
THE ANSWER –
the less words, the
better!
1.why are 1. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=how+are+snow+
snowflakes different crystal
2. different line water
snowflakes ice so they
3.are snowflakes when they
different fall out of
4. the clouds
5. there
shaped
different
then
others.
2 the
rarely
temp
 around
them.

3. Larger, complex snowflakes are all different. Why are no two

exactly like the
other?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
USED TO GET THE ANSWER
– the less words, the better!
1.are large snow flakes the same There is no http\www.its.caltech.edu\~~atomatic\snowcyristals
2. same large snowflakes same snow \alike\.htm
3.complex snowflakes flake even if
4. you look at
5. all of them
made none
of them are
the same.

4. What type of snowflakes CAN look like one another?

SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1.what snowflakes look alike 1.metoroligist
2. snowflakes the same that snowflakes
3.same snowflakes come in three
4.the same snowflakes folded
5. symmetric
triangles

5. The Guinness Book of World Records recorded the largest

snowflake. Where did
it fall and how wide and thick was it?
SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TERMS/PHRASES
USED TO GET
THE ANSWER –
the less words, the
better!
1. 15 inches http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_was_the_biggest_snowflake_in_the_worl
2. and 38
3. cm.
4.
5.

6. What is "snirt" and what does that have to do with snow?

SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
TERMS/PHRASES USED A mixture http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snirt
TO GET THE ANSWER – between
the less words, the better! snow slush
and dirt

1.snirt

2. what is snirt
3.
4.
5.

7. There are at least 35 types of snowflakes. Name five.

SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TERMS/PHRASES
USED TO GET
THE ANSWER –
the less words, the
better!
1.35 different snow 1.single http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/snowtypes4.jpg
flakes prisms
2.35 snow flakes 2.simple
3.all the different stars
types of snowflakes 3.capped
4.all snow flake columns
types 4.crossed
5. needles
5.rimed

8. There is a lot of snowflake art. What would you buy at the

snowflake store?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TO GET THE ANSWER – the less
words, the better!
1snow flake clothes. Snow flake http://www.prontokids.com/shop/snowflakes
2. snow flake apparel fleece pajama
3.shope snowflake pant
4.
5.

9. Find a movie that shows a snowflake forming.

SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TERMS/PHRASES
USED TO GET THE
ANSWER – the less
words, the better!
1.snow flake forming http://snowflakes.areamazing.com/index.asp?vid=74&s=snow
video
2. snow flakes forming
3.
4.
5.

10. Copy and paste a snowflake PHOTO below. Don’t forget to paste
the URL.
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=vss&biw=1024&bih=581&tbs=isch
%3A1&sa=1&q=snow+

BONUS: Briefly explain how snowflakes are made (not the paper kind!)