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Two sided folding snowflake crystal patterns
2 Sided
Six sided folding snowflake crystal patterns
6 Sided
Four sided folding snowflake doily patterns
4 Sided
Tri Sided, triangular folding snowflake crystal patterns
3-Sided
Twelve sided folding snowflake crystal patterns
12 Sided
Template formats to create your own science based snowflake crystals
Templates
Natural leaf shaped folding snowflake patterns
Leaves
Simple animal shaped folding snowflake patterns
Animals
Science of snow classification and ice crystal formation
Science
historic research ice, snow and snowflake patterns
History

The Science of Snow, Ice Crystal Classification for Young Children

Snowflake science

The Science of Snow for Children and Teachers Page 4

Snow Science Groups of Ice Crystal Classifications

There are 7 major groupings of snowflakes which branch off into 41 morphological types.

Morphology deals with the structure and form of animals and plants and means the study of structure or form.

A snowflake may change or morph into a variety of shapes depending upon the conditions outlined above.

These are the basic groups of snow crystal classifications

Groups of Snow Crystal Classifications

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snowflake classification Column
Columns
snowflake classification Needles
Needles
snowflake classification Plates
Plates
snowflake classification Stellar
Stellar crystals
snowflake classification Irregular
Irregular Crystals
snowflake classification graupel
Graupel
snowflake classification Hail
Hail
snowflake classification Ice Pellets
Ice Pellets
snowflake classification Rime
Rime

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