By Bella and Maddie
Snowflakes are formed by water vapor and dust particles in clouds. The temperature of the air is what helps form the snowflake. Their arms are like branches, if the air is warm the branches get thin, and if the air is cold the branches get wider. Each snowflake is never exactly like another, they are all different. Some snowflakes look like stars, but they are all six-sided. It can take hundreds of snow crystals to make one snowflake. The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches. The larger the flakes are, the faster they fall. Large flakes form when the temperature is warmer, and when the temperature is very cold the flakes are small and dry.
Did you know that Rochester, New York gets almost 8 feet of snowfall each winter? And that in the mountains of Washington state 95 feet of snow fell in one winter!
I am so impressed with this piece! I learned a lot about snowflakes by reading this. It seems impossible that Mt. Washington got 95 feet of snow one winter. This is such an interesting topic. Thank you for sharing. I loved that you used a simile, by comparing the snowflake arms to branches. This was a great piece, I really enjoyed reading it!
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