Children learn about rock, snowflake crystals

A lesson about crystals taught students about snowflake structures and studying microscopic particles.
Paula Pogue, instructor of the class, said she has taught at Jefferson Elementary School. She worked with her colleague Tim McCollum in 2004 on a project called "Frosted Flakes: The Science of Snowflakes."
"My kids (students) would photograph snowflakes, and his kids also photographed snowflakes, but they got into details of the weather conditions, and then we would post all that on the Internet on a month-to-month basis," Pogue said.
In the Crystals are Cool class, the eight third-through-fifth-grade students were first shown a powerpoint that explained Pogue's project and how she and her former students collected snowflakes to study.
The students were able to look at different shapes of snowflakes, such as the common shape called the Stellar Dendrite, as well as flower shapes and star shapes.
The students also saw a chart of how different shapes of snow form at different temperatures.
Pogue then showed the students a small experiment to explain how crystallization works. Pogue dropped Cheerio pieces in a bowl of water, then squirted dish-washing liquid in the bowl, and the Cheerios began to stick together.
"The Cheerios form in a symmetrical pattern, and that's how crystals form; their molecules line up in a symmetrical pattern. In snowflakes, the molecules bond in a symmetrical pattern," Pogue said.
The students were given magnifying glasses to look at rock crystals, which included calcite, granite and calcium sulfate (chalk). She also passed books around to show examples of more rock crystals.
Pogue also showed the students how to use a digital microscope and the Motic Play program for the microscope. She showed microscopic views of items such as salt, sugar and strands of hair from students who volunteered to give a strand of their hair.
The students then learned about Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley as Pogue read a children's book about him.
"He discovered how to take photographs of snowflakes, and this was in the 1800s," Pogue said.
For their arts and crafts projects, the students used glitter glue and chalk to draw six types of snowflakes on black pieces of construction paper.
After that, the students played a game of Bingo, where the word "snow" was used in place of "bingo" on the board and the different types of snowflake names were used in the empty spaces of the board.

Snowflake Wedding | Wedding Day Planning

Hi i’m buying my wedding cake from marks and spencer’s and decorating n stuff myself and just want to know can i dust a pre made wedding cake with lustre dust? also does anyone know anywhere i can get edible snowflakes to put on the cake? thanks

As for the snowflakes, buy some fondant roll it out get a snowflake cookie cutter and cut em out.

Or get a squeeze bottle melt some chocolate, white or whatever color you using, lay out wax paper, and “draw” your snowflakes on it and let dry, peel off and put them on the cake.

U can also go to wilton.com for ideas

Royal Icing Snowflake This winter, have guests “measure up some love” with these sweet little snowflake tape measures. This handy little favor will tie into your winter wedding theme and serve as a useful keepsake for your guests. These creative ice blue colored “snowflakes” come neatly packaged in a clear box and finished with a white satin bow. Labeled with a special message “Happy Holidays”. Size of finished favo… $1.39 each: This winter, have guests “measure up some love” with these sweet little snowflake tape measures. This handy little favor will tie into your winter wedding theme and serve as a useful keepsake for your guests. These creative ice blue colored “snowflakes” come neatly packaged in a clear box and finished with a white satin bow. Labeled with a special message “Happy Holidays”. Size of fini… Snowflake Shaped Wine StopperGuests are sure to appreciate small favor gifts. Tuck this snowflake shaped wine stopper inside a transparent favor box for a dazzling presentation.Size: 11 cmQuantity Per Package: 1NOTE: The image is just for reference, the real color or style is shown in product title.Price is for Snowflake Shaped Wine Stopper only.Orders with no personalization is 3-4 business days … Wedding Tea, 20 Sachets in Vintage Tin. Whether as a wedding favor for your guests, a small bridal shower gift, or as something special in addition to a wedding gift, our Wedding Tea is an elegant and beautiful blend of flavors. Mutan White tea is infused with a hint of lemon-vanilla, and then pink rosebuds are added, to represent the bloom of new love.

99 Snowflakes

... YO and draw through 2 loops on hook; repeat from ★ 3 times more, YO and draw ... FINISHING Wash Snowflake using a mild detergent and warm water. ...

60 Crocheted Snowflakes

Rnd 1: Ch 5, *yo 3 times, insert hook in ring and draw up a loop, ... SNOWFLAKE# 39 * Approximately Sl/4" diameter Materials DMC Cebelia #10, 7yds. ...

A Year of Themes, Math

Next, the student draws a set of objects corresponding with the number on each page. Students can draw sets of snowflakes throughout ...

Math advantage

ORAL ASSESSMENT • Make a flowchart to describe the iterative process you used to draw the snowflake in the Explore section. Check students' charts. ...

Snowflakes & Quilts

Designing a snowflake is a collaboration between me, my fabric, and a Bentley photomicrograph. I don't draw random lines on the diagram and then choose the ...