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 ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
GET THE ANSWER – the less words, the
better!
1. farmer who studied snowflakes Wilson http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-
2. bentley 138535435.html
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 snowflaks 1.size http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-
2. 2.shape 138535435.html
3.
4.
5.

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

exactly like the
other?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1. no snowflakes alike Larger http://tinyurl.com/4r8ayug
2. snowflakes
3. contains more
4. crystals
5.

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

SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
USED TO GET THE ANSWER
– the less words, the better!
1.can snowflakes look same They don’t http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/11/15/are-
2. look the no-two-snowflakes-really-alike-and-other-
3. same amazing-snowflake-facts--amp-pictures.htm
4.
5.

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.largets snowflake 15 inches http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_was_the_biggest_snowflake_in_the_worl
2. and fell on
3. January 20
4. 1887 in
5. krough
montana

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

SEARCH ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
TERMS/PHRASES USED
TO GET THE ANSWER –
the less words, the better!
1.snirt A stuff that http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snirt
2. is piles in
3. the parking
4. lot and
5. along side
of the road.
Not quite
snow, not
quite dirt
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. type of snowflakes 1.star http://www.teachervision.fen.com/weather/resource/3827.html
2. 2.dendrite
3. 3.plate
4. 4.colummns
5. 5.needels

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

snowflake store?
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1.snowflake art A freeze dried http://tinyurl.com/4klsgof
2. snowflakes
3.
4.
5.

9. Find a movie that shows a snowflake forming.

SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH ANSWER
USED TO GET THE ANSWER
– the less words, the better!
1.how snowflakes form They form http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/11/15/are-
2. from clouds no-two-snowflakes-really-alike-and-other-
3. and freeze amazing-snowflake-facts--amp-pictures.htm
4.
5.

10. Copy and paste a snowflake PHOTO below. Don’t forget to paste
the URL.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31566465@N03/galleries/72157622627031924