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Snowflake Science

Ice Camp TtT-Denver—2023

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Left Side

Presentation Notes

Right Side

Classroom Ideas/Creative Side

Ideas, reflections, action items.

Snowflake Science Bill Grosser

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Snowflake Science

Exploration:

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The Science of Snow

Wilson A. Bentley: Pioneering Photographer of Snowflakes

Wilson Bentley: Pioneering Photographer of Snowflakes

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Snowflake Science

Paper Model Snowflakes

Real Snowflakes

Both

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Snowflake Science

Concept Development

  • Hexagonal dendrite plate crystals-very common
  • Hexagonal symmetry quite common due to water molecule geometry

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Snowflake Science

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Snowflake Science

  1. At what depth does this transition occur?
  2. How long does this transition take?

BC Campus Physical Geology 16.2 How Glaciers Work Figure 16.11

Snow - Firn - Ice

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Snowflake Science

  1. At what depth does this transition occur?
  2. How long does this transition take?

Snow-Firn-Ice

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Snowflake Science

  1. How old is the ice?
  2. How old is the gas sample pulled from the ice?

Greenland (GISP2)

Snow-Firn-Ice

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Snowflake Science

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Snowflake Science

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https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/stories/wilson-bentley-pioneering-photographer-snowflakes

Click on the snowflake to open the Smithsonian website with more Bentley information as well as additional educational resources.

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Top-5 Great Expectations

for my students.

Names

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Top-5 ways that you are hoping this workshop will positively impact your students.