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Q-Tip Snowflakes – STEM Activity

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Happy winter! It’s freezing where we live. As I write this blog post, my two youngest boys are outside shoveling the sidewalk!

Although having a lot of snow in the winter can be a lot of work, I’ve always thought snowflakes are pretty amazing. Just learning about the life cycle of snow is really fascinating.

Today I’m sharing a fun STEM activity that involves Q-tips. You can arrange them to make some really neat snowflakes!

Q-Tip Snowflakes STEM Activity

For this activity, you’ll need the following:

  • Snowflake STEM cards (download at the bottom of this post)
  • Q-tips
  • Glue & Paper (optional)

There are 16 STEM challenges in this printable. Here’s how to do the activity:

  1. Give students one of the cards and some Q-tips.
  2. Have them arrange the Q-tips to match the card. You may have to cut some Q-tips ahead of time or have the students do this part since some pieces are shorter.
  3. If you’d like, you can glue the Q-tips onto paper to make the snowflakes. It may help them stay in place better.

Q-tip snowflake samples

Snowflakes are hexagonal, which means they have six sides. However, some snowflakes have been found with a triangle center. You’ll find that some of these cards are simple, like the following. These would be great for younger children.

q-tip snowflake examples

STEM activities are great for challenging young minds and working on problem-solving skills. This STEM activity focuses on engineering because students are building with Q-tips.

This activity would be great to use in a classroom center.

To download this free printable, just click the button below.

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