Age Group: 3rd-5th grade

Total time: 20-40 minutes

Supplies

• Ice

• Construction Paper (black and at least two other colors)

• Tin Foil

• Stopwatch

Directions

1. Gather ice, a stopwatch, tin foil, and construction paper of at least 3 different colors. One of the colors should be black in order to show the best results!

2. Take the pieces of paper and tin foil outside and put pieces of ice on top of each. Start the stopwatch when you put the ice on the paper and tin foil Depending on how cold it is that day, you might want to bring out some hot chocolate to sip on or a book to read while the ice begins to melt!

3. Keep track of which takes the shortest amount of time to melt. Think about why the different materials might result in different melting times! (hint: amount of heat absorbed by each material!)