melting ice
- cbuckley78
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min read
Making observations about similarities and differences in situations is a key step in beginning stages of scientific explorations. This experiment uses low/no cost tools, but can be the basis for rich discussions about how minor changes in environment can make big changes in outcomes.
For this experiment, your child will “watch ice melt”, and record observations.
Description of task:
- Help your child set up a recording sheet, or use the one provided here.
- Record data about the testing environment
o Temperature
o Placement of ice
o Weather observations (sunny, partly cloudy, raining, etc.)
- Select a standard size ice cube that is typical for your home supply (it will be assumed that the ice used in future melts are all the same size)
- Measure how long it takes for the ice cube to completely melt.
- Write a hypothesis about repeating the experiment on a different day with different weather conditions.
- Repeat the experiment several times (perhaps even different months of the year)
- Record observations for each trial
- Discuss outcomes:
o Time it took to melt
o How did conditions impact the melt time?
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