Radial Symmetry of Snowflakes


Minnesota K-3 Visual Art Standards Used in This Lesson:

  • 1. Identify the elements of visual art including Color, line, shape, Form, Value, texture and space.

  • 2. Identify the tools, materials and techniques from a variety of two- and three-dimensional media such as drawing, printmaking, ceramics or sculpture.

  • 3. Identify the characteristics of visual artworks from a variety of cultures including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 4. Create original two- and three- dimensional artworks to express ideas, experiences or stories.

  • 5. Share and describe a personal artwork and reflect on a presentation based on the feedback of others.

  • 6. Compare and contrast the characteristics of a variety of works of visual art.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Snowflake anatomy
  • Radial Symmetry

    • Students are shown images of snowflakes as inspiration.

    Students are shown how to draw snowflakes with simple lines, then, given black or blue paper they are to draw snowflakes with a white pencil. After the snowflakes are drawn, they can go over their lines with glue. When the snowflakes are covered with a light line of glue, students bring their paper up to the glitter station to get it glittered.

    If we want to push this further, we may take another day to enable a two-color glittered snowflake. Simply draw only some lines in glue the first day, then after the glitter and glue dies, draw more lines and glitter over the new lines with a different color.