Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

i am doing an oral presentation and research paper on ice crystals. i love the topic but cant think of any ideas for a good hypothesis. HELP!!!

Hi,

You have definitely picked a fascinating topic in ice crystals. What aspect of ice crystals fascinates you the most? Here are a few aspects of it:

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/phen800.htm

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snow ... /class.htm

http://weather.about.com/od/winterweath ... mtypes.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/weathe ... /3827.html

http://www.llansadwrn-wx.co.uk/ice/precipitation.html

http://www.ulapland.fi/home/hkunta/jmoo ... ALANCH.pdf

http://www.terrapub.co.jp/e-library/mgu ... 8/0611.PDF

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/publ ... rowth2.pdf

You might think about hypotheses around what type of snow crystals form under what conditions. Is the type of condensation seed nucleus important, is temperature important, is the degree of vapor supersaturation important? Do the ice crystals stay in the originally formed habit over time? If they change, what causes the change?

I hope this gives a few ideas to start thinking from. This looks like a really interesting, deep, and important topic! Have fun with it!!!

Best wishes,

Barrett Tomlinson