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Dec 13 2018

Snowflakes & Snow Exhibit

Posted on December 13, 2018December 31, 2018 by Laurie Neuerburg

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It’s fun to catch snowflakes on your tongue, cut out paper snowflakes, and shovel snowflakes—oops, no. Starting again—it’s fun to catch snowflakes on your tongue, cut out paper snowflakes, and we’re featuring scientist snowflakes in our new exhibit! 

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Can you find the following scientists hidden in the snowflakes? 

  • Marie Curie
  • Thomas Edison
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Jane Goodall
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Katherine Johnson
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Dorothy Vaughan

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If you would like to cut out your own scientist snowflakes, you can find the patterns from the Franklin Institute! 

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We have supplies on hand at the Sciences Library so you can add your own snowflake design to our service desk.

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Brush up on snow ecology, building snow shelters, and the science of snow with Snow, Ice and Other Wonders of Water: A Tribute to the Hydrogen Bond & other books in our Snowflakes & Snow exhibit! 

Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Exhibits, Geosciences, Math, PhysicsTagged scientists, snow, snowflakes

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