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snowflake

2. What do all snowflakes have in common?

3. What shape are snowflakes based on?
All snowflakes are based on regular hexagons

4. How many lines of symmetry do snowflakes have?

5. A snowflake has rotational symmetry of order 6
What is the order of rotational symmetry of a snowflake?

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Start by drawing a circle

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Mark the centre faintly

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Draw in a faint radius

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With your compasses, draw an arc the same length as the radius

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And another ...

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And another ...

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And another ...

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And one more

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Join up the points to create the hexagon

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Why does this method produce a regular hexagon?

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Draw in the 6 lines of symmetry

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Now design half a point of your snowflake

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And finally, use tracing paper to reflect it across the mirror lines

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20. Your snowflake will look great against a brightly coloured background!