It's that time of year again! Here are some of our favorite sites for enjoying the beauty of snowflakes, reading about the science and mathematics of their formation, and making your own to put up on the window or Christmas tree.Snowflake Templates at Yarn Owl
More Snowflake Patterns
For more Snowflake Study consider Koch Snowflake (Fractal) and the beautiful Snow Crystals site.
Do you know where the saying about no two snowflakes are alike came from? The research of a self-educated Vermont farmer who became fascinated by the beauty of snow crystals.
"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated., When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind."
We have both the Caldecott medal winner Snowflake Bentley and the book which contains many of his original photographs Snow Crystals.
If you freeze a piece of black velvet, it keeps individual snowflakes long enough so that you can see their individual details more clearly.
Quite astonishing!
ReplyDeleteI am a classic, too, writing doctoral thesis and teaching latin philosophiaque in secondary school in Torun, Poland.
And this nook about snowflakes is the first book that I got as a present from my wife, a few years ago. She was shipping it from U.S.
Si valetis, bene est
Wow. I think I'll use this as a lesson for January. A way for us to enjoy the winter when Christmas is over, and I love that I can teach math, science, and sneak in some vision/fine motor practice, as well. Thanks for the links.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed Christmas.
Gretchen