Two boys, a bin of snow, plastic containers ... and all the wonder in the world. These are the perfect elements necessary to conduct a scientific experiment! How can snow turn into ice?
Day 1 - Making Ice - Brody and Keegan visited the sensory bin filled with snow. They helped choose some containers to add to the bin. Brody noticed the "small, medium and large" containers and together. The boys began to make 'snowmen and castles'. What they ended up with was a 'Diamond Museum' and a small bin of snow. They wanted the bin of snow in the freezer "so it can turn to ice". It was going to take "to the afternoon" to become ice.
When the boys checked the bin of snow in the afternoon, it had turned to ice. They made a book to record their scientific experiment!
Day 2 - Sticky Ice - Keegan and Brody were anxious to continue their work on the ice they had created. This day, they began to add 'brick walls'.
Brody discovered that ice can 'stick' to a glove.
Keegan discovered that ice can stick to other ice.
This kind of news had to be shared!
Day 3 - Salt Tunnels - Still excited to experiment with ice, 'salty paint' was introduced. The boys mixed salt, paint and water together. The salt dissolved when it was stirred into the paint. Each colour needed "3 spoonfuls of salt". Red, yellow and blue 'salty paint' and eye droppers were added to the activity.
Prediction 1: Nothing will happen to the ice. It will just get coloured.
Prediction 2: The ice will get coloured and melt.
"Look, it's cracking. There's a hole."
"My blue ices stuck together."
"Feel this Keegan. My whole arm is cold. Whoa!"
"You wanna taste the salt?"
"All the colours mixed. It's a rainbow castle."
Results - Snow can turn into ice.
Making ice is really fun.
Playing is learning.
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