Students learned about the “Snowflake
Man” Wilson Bentley. A self educated farmer,
Bentley attracted world attention with his pioneering work in the area of
photomicrography, most notably his extensive work with snow crystals (commonly
known as snowflakes). By adapting a microscope to a bellows camera, and years of
trial and error, he became the first person to photograph a single snow crystal
in 1885.
This lesson focused on
radial symmetry and craftsmanship. We began by tracing different sized circles
and folding them in half three times. Each line became one point of the
snowflake. Students then cut away shapes and once unfolded had a one of a
kind snowflake. Learning targets were:
I can use my scissors
safely.
I can cut paper with
no jagged edges.
I can use correct
amount of glue and glue papers flat.
Lesson idea from Dali's Mustache
http://dalimoustache.blogspot.com
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