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Homeschoolers get ready for snow

3D paper snowflakes
3D paper snowflakes
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Flickr: LollyKnit

Can you identify the four types of snowflakes?

  • Dendrite
  • Column
  • Needle
  • Rime

Dendrites have six points. Columns have six sides (hexagon shape). Needles look like their namesake. Rimes have a coating of tiny, frozen water droplets from passing through super-cooled clouds.

See the snowflakes up close with the New Scientist photomicroscope snow crystal gallery.

Make your own snowflake with the Make-A-Flake online game or follow instructions to make a 3D paper snowflake (see the video below.)

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Unschooling Examiner

Sara McGrath, author of Unschooling: A Lifestyle of Learning, lives near Seattle with her husband and three homeschooling daughters. She...

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