Snooping Snowflakes

Investigate the many shapes and sizes of snowflakes with this cool spy technique.

What You Need:

  • 1 snowy day
  • 1 sheet of black construction paper
  • 1 magnifying glass

What You Do:  

  1. Freeze a piece of black construction paper. 
  2. Let some snow fall on the paper. 
  3. Have your child look at the flakes with a magnifying glass. 

What You Talk About:

Ask the following questions:

  • How are the snowflakes alike?
  • How are they different?
  • What did you learn about snowflakes? 

Background information:

  • Snowflakes are made up of tiny bits of ice called crystals.
  • These crystals grow around tiny bits of dust in the clouds.
  • When these crystals stick to each other, they become snowflakes. Some snowflakes have as many as 200 crystals.
  • Snowflakes come in many different shapes. Some look round like plates; others look pointy like stars.

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