Snowflakes - Symmetry and Hexagons ‘Snowflakes begin with a grain of dust floating within a cloud. Water vapor sticks to the dust grain and a crustal of ice held together by hydragen bonds. While na two snowflakes may be alike, most all have similar beginnings, and share properties of symmetry. But many snowflake exercises in schools fall to show that snowflakes begin as six-sided hexagons. As the crystal grows and begins to fall through warmer feel temperatures an it's way to the ground, crystals are added to the sides of the hexagonal prism Snowflake crystals hexagonal prisms are much like a cross-section of a pencil or a beehive, the have six sides and two ends: Hexagonal prism Pencil Honeycc Here is a great video on Youtube: http’//www youtube com/watch2v=VViF3sF8Y20 Whatever approach you use to having students create snowflakes this winter, be sure to emphasize snowflakes’ six-sided chemistry.