Pretty Snowflakes

Lab Brief #8

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

The slowest changes are the biggest ones.

What you'll learn · 1 of 2

Snow starts high in a cloud, where water turns straight into tiny ice crystals.

What you'll learn · 2 of 2

Each snowflake is different and beautiful!

Key words · 1 of 2

cloud
A group of tiny water droplets floating high in the sky.
snow
Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from clouds.

Key words · 2 of 2

water
A clear liquid made of hydrogen and oxygen that living things need.

Make a hypothesis first

Predict: which will erode faster?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Watch the clouds. Do they look like animals? Draw their shapes.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Question 1 of 3

What falls from clouds?

Question 2 of 3

Are clouds in the sky?

Question 3 of 3

Is snow hot or cold?

Mind = blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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🌍 Where you see this in real life: Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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