We live in Florida so our kids don’t get to play in the snow and I am fine with that. I’m not a big fan of the cold weather. This week it has been freezing, literally. Ashlyn wanted to put some water outside and see if it would freeze overnight. I decided to surprise her and hide some of her small toys in the ice. The next morning I had “tools” (spoon, fork, screwdriver, warm water with eye droppers, and salt) laid out for her to undercover her buried frozen treasure. I had her predict which tool she thought would work best. She guessed the warm water.
She got right to work using all her tools except for the ice. I convinced her to try it and the ice started cracking and melting away. It was a great little science experiment and she loved rescuing all her toys.
Once her toys her safe, I had her put drops of food coloring on the ice. It was awesome to watch the colors go down into the cracks she had made. Here is a picture of her colorful ice mound.
That is really an awesome science project…I love how the colors went down into the cracks too!
January 5th, 2010 at 6:09 pmLove the idea! What a great way to utilize the cold weather!
January 8th, 2010 at 12:53 pmThat is a fun idea. My daughter would love that. I think it would be fun in my preschool class too.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:24 pmThanks for sharing.
What a great idea! It would be a great addition to my experiential table in my classroom
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 pmLove the idea! I’m going to incorporate it into my Winter unit in January in my Prek class. Thank you SOO much!
December 28th, 2010 at 10:02 pm