If you live in the northern hemisphere, you may well be looking out on wintery scenes like these:
Beautiful, yes, but also very cold. You and your students may well spend more time indoors during the winter, but that doesn't mean you can't explore the ice and snow!
Scoop some up, add some droppers of warm water and some more of cold paint, and let the kids explore. It's a fine motor work out, and absolutely fascinating!
Your students might learn about changing states of matter as they add drops of warm water to the ice.
Where does all that paint go when you drip it in?
Is it underneath the ice?
That stuff sure is cold on our fingers!
It's a lot of fun to drip paint into the ice!
And to add more, and more!
Quite beautiful really!
It's amazing how long this fun can last - maybe even after parents and siblings arrive for pick up, because they may want to join in too.
P.S.
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Thanks for stopping by!
Paula
This looks fun and so easy to try at home that it's on our weekend agenda, thanks for sharing! :-) ~Stephanie
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear how it goes, hope you thoroughly enjoy it too!
DeleteThis is so cool! I wish it snowed here so we could take advantage - but I wonder if we could re-create the experience using white cherry Slurpees! Love the visuals - thank you!
ReplyDeleteWe had snow so rarely, it was a treat for us too. You could absolutely make shaved ice and try it, or even just blocks of ice in the freezer - it would be a different experience, but still fun! Let me know how it goes if you try it!
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ReplyDeleteThis would be big time fun here in Florida! Great idea!!
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