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Your Paw-some Question | What makes snow sparkle?

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© Washington State University Length 5 min 17 March 2025 Season 5 Episode 4 ScienceFacts USA Episodic

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© Washington State University Length 5 min 17 March 2025 Season 5 Episode 4 ScienceFacts USA Episodic

Episode 1: Coins, Robots, Bees, Food, Dogs, Microbes

Episode 1: Coins, Robots, Bees, Food, Dogs, Microbes

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Purr-haps you'd like a new way to get your claws on science questions sent in by kids like you. That's litter-ally my favorite thing.

Today Cosmo and I tackle a question from Hillary's 1st graders in Washington: What makes snow sparkle?

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How snowflakes are hexagonal ice crystalsAbout white light and rainbow colorsWhat reflection and refraction meanResources you can use:

Check out Von Walden's research near the North Pole and South PoleLearn about atmospheric science As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu.  Who knows where your questions will take us next.


© Washington State University | 5 min

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