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 studies snow flakes Willie Bentley http://tinyurl.com/4jkmufz
2. snow flake studier
3. snowflake studier
4.
5.

2. These are two things that make one snowflake different than
another:
SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1.types of snowflakes 1.uniqe shape http://tinyurl.com/4arvy8f
2. different snowflakes 2.size
3.what makes snowflakes different
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.snowflakes all different There is no http://tinyurl.com/y2c9r5
2. exact replica.
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.what types snowflakes alike Nano- http://tinyurl.com/y2c9r5
2. snowflakes
3.
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 TERMS/PHRASES USED TO GET ANSWER URL OF SITE WITH
THE ANSWER – the less words, the better! ANSWER
1.biggest snowflake Fort Keogh, http://tinyurl.com/46cbq32
2. Montana 15
3. inches wide
4. and 8 inches
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.what is snirt The stuff that http://tinyurl.com/4ba3s62
2. definition of “snirt” piles up in
3. parking lots
4.
5.

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.different types of snowflakes 1.star http://tinyurl.com/3yhmdb
2. 2.dendrite
3. 3. Columns
4. 4 Plate
5. 5. Needles

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. What would you buy at the Glass snow http://tinyurl.com/4d7nbfn
snowflake store flakes
2.
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4.
5.

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.movie of snowflakes http://tinyurl.com/47dcfdx
2.
3.
4.
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10. Copy and paste a snowflake PHOTO below. Don’t forget to paste
the URL.
BONUS: Briefly explain how snowflakes are made (not the paper kind!)