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What is Snow: How Do Snowflakes Form and Why Does it Snow

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What is Snow: How Do Snowflakes Form and Why Does it Snow
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Summary

A short FreeSchool explainer on what is snow: how do snowflakes form and why does it snow. FreeSchool's clear, calm narration makes it an easy clip to drop into a 2/3-grade lesson.

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Discussion

What is Snow: How Do Snowflakes Form and Why Does it Snow is a short FreeSchool explainer you can drop into a lesson.

  1. What process is shaping the land, water, or weather here?
  2. Is this change fast or slow?
  3. Where might you see evidence of it near where you live?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: earth, weather, change.

Try it: Draw before-and-after pictures that show the change in this video.