WebQuest on Snowflake Facts
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1587-all-about-snowflakes
Part I – Getting to the website
Step 1: Login into the computer:
username: student
password: student
Step 2: Launch Safari
Step 3:
a. In the bar at the top, type: www.kidzworld.com/article/1587all-about-snowflakes
OR
b. In the bar at the top right (Google search), search for:
kidzworld snowflakes
Part II – Web Quest
Circle your answer
1. Where do snowflakes come from?
a. a blue sky
b. clouds
c. the wind
2. What are clouds?
a. water (liquid)
b. solid (ice)
c. vapor (gas)
3. At what temperature must it be for the water (liquid) to turn
into ice crystal (solid)?
a. 50 degrees Fahrenheit
b. 0 degrees Fahrenheit
c. 32 degrees Fahrenheit
4. How many separate ice crystals form one snowflake?
a. 1 to 100
b. 2 to 200
c. 3 to 300
5. Can two snowflakes ever look exactly the same? Yes or No
6. What can effect the shape of a snowflake?
a. how it falls
b. the temperature
c. where it lands
7. At 30 degrees Fahrenheit, a snowflake looks like:
a. column
b. needle
c. plate
d. star
8. At 27 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit, a snowflake looks like:
a. column
b. needle
c. plate
d. star
9. At 23 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit, a snowflake looks like:
a. column
b. needle
c. plate
d. star
10. At 18 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, a snowflake looks like
a. column
b. needle
c. plate
d. star
11. Can dirt effect the shape of a snowflake? Yes or No
12. Are all snowflakes symmetrical (both sides the same)?
Yes or No
13. Which melts faster?
a. clean snow
b. dirty snow
Challenge Question:
14. How many sides sides does a snowflake have?(Hint: Look
at the pictures of snowflakes and count the sides)
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
Part III – Designing your own Snowflake WebQuest
Step 1: In the box at the top, type: www.google.com
Step 2: In the Google search box, type:
snowflake information for kids
Step 3: Choose a new website which you will read and make
3 to 5 questions from.
Write the URL here:
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