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 snowflake Wilson A. http://tinyurl.com/3394vgt
2. Bently
3.
4.
5.

2. These are two things that make one snowflake different than
another:
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
GET THE ANSWER – the less words, the
better!
1.different snowflake 1.size http://ask.yahoo.com/20021004.html
2. 2.shape
3.
4.
5.

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

exactly like the
other?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
GET THE ANSWER – the less words, the
better!
1.different snowflake The temputer http://ask.yahoo.com/20021004.html
2.
3.
4.
5.

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.snowflake look alike The ones with http://tinyurl.com/ybw6eeg
2. the same
3. temputer at one
4. point
5.

5. The Guinness Book of World Records recorded the largest

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

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

SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1. definition:snirt Snirt means http://www.allwords.com/word-
2. dirty snow snirt.html
3.
4.
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7. There are at least 35 types of snowflakes. Name five.

SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1.five kind snowflake 1.radiating http://tinyurl.com/5op2v
2.many snowflakes dendrites
3.different snowflakes 2.rimed crystals
4. 3.12 side
5. snowflakes
4.triangular
crystals
5.double plates
8. There is a lot of snowflake art. What would you buy at the
snowflake store?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
GET THE ANSWER – the less words, the ANSWER
better!
1.snowflake store Books,cards,posters, http://tinyurl.com/4mwo392
2.
3.
4.
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9. Find a movie that shows a snowflake forming.

SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1.snowflake movie An ice crystal http://tinyurl.com/4d8lahn
2. that forms on
3. cold days
4.
5.

10. Copy and paste a snowflake PHOTO below. Don’t forget to paste
the URL.

norcalblogs.com
BONUS: Briefly explain how snowflakes are made (not the paper kind!)
Snowflakes are ice crystals that form on cold days and the kind are
based on the temperature.