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Grade 4 - 6 : December 9th

Description

Discover the the wonderful true story  of Wilson                               " Snowflake" Bentley and create a kaleidoscope snowflake.

Materials

• Pencil

• Paper

• Markers

• Window

Steps

• Watch the video and examine the example.

• Create a square from a piece of copy paper.

• Fold your paper twice, and across twice.

• Design one small square with interesting snowflake shapes.

• Using a window, fold over so the design faces the window trace on the opposing side of the paper. Repeat until you have trace the entire design and have a symmetrical snowflake. Color your snowflake.

Instructional Video

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Video on how to create and take photos of snowflakes.

Examples