Snow Science
1. Give a brief overview of Bently's life. Maybe read his book and show some pictures from the website.
Bently Snow - Official Website
2. Discuss why people researched snow. The big problem to learn about is avalanches. Other interests are weather forcasting and the study of glaciers. What interest does the study of snow have to people? Why is it important? Who were some famous names who studied snow and what discoveries were they responsible for?
3. How does snow form? Read the Story Of Snow.
4. Use The Secret Life of a snowflake to show the following:
- pg 10 size of flakes compared to penny
- pg. 14 White as snow
- pg. 21 What holds up the clouds?
- pg 24-31 6 sides/Hexagons
- pg 36 lab snowflakes
5. The right way to make a snow flake pg 32 of The Secret Life of a snowflake
If I have time:
1. read about the importance of snow to insects on page 42 of Snow Amazing.
If this is a mult-day course I can pull more info from Snow Learning for the fun of it.