Michael Notaro with the University of Wisconsin-Madison is teaching Wisconsin school children the similarities in snowflakes to share the wonder of nature and information about the Great Lakes climate, but also to expand an international environmental database.
Darien Becker, environmental educator with Welty Environmental Center (right), instructs two interns from Beloit Memorial High School on how to identify snowflakes using the Snow-GLOBE protocol. Image credit: Aaron Wilson, Welty Environmental Center
An “ordinary dendritic” snowflake crystal. This means it has six branches. Image credit: The Bentley Collection, UW- MadisonA plate snowflake with simple extensions. Image credit: The Bentley Collection, UW-Madison
