Ice

What we want to know
-if ice can melt in the winter
-if ice can melt in the spring, summer, and fall
-how ice is made

What we did
-Poem
Icicle
http://www.everypoet.net/poetry/blogs/just_me/icicle
drip
drip
drip
from my
tip
tip
tip
like a
tooth
tooth
tooth
from the
roof
roof
roof
in freezing weather
i grow
long
long
long
when the sun gets hot
i'll be
gone
gone
gone

-watched a video of an icicle forming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRLQ9jomgQ&NR=1"


-song "Scoops of Ice Cream" by Very Derryberry, it was $.99 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Very-Derryberry-Debi/dp/B0019J4AKM/ref=sr_1_1_digr?ie=UTF8&qid=1289243816&sr=8-1

Ice Cream Poster


The boys colored ice cream scoops and the cone, to use when we sing the song. Noah discovered he could color in the lines and cover up all of the white. He did a great
job!




-Math - We did story problems with the ice cream scoops. Ezra had to write the equations down during the story. Noah had to put on and take off specified amounts and count the remainder.


Ice Skating at 7 Peaks!



The pictures are blurry, but those skating aids in the first picture were awesome! Livi and Ezra loved it! Noah didn't like how the skates made his ankles turn. He tried it though. In another year he'll probably like it better. Sam and Noah loved watching the zamboni smooth the ice. 7 Peaks has public skating from 7-9 on Mondays. It was only $20 for 4 skaters and 5 skate rentals (3 and under skate free). We went to Dairy Queen for ice cream after skating.

Spider Ice Cubes


-made spider ice cubes and tricked dad
-grape and marshmallow experiment - when they were frozen the marsyhmellow was squishy because it didn't have much water, the grape was hard because it had a lot of water
-video on how ice rinks are made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hT3yfuLPIU
to make an ice skating rink - 1. get water and spray 2. they paint 3. they spray water all over to make ice 4. then you can skate

Distilled Water

-made ice spikes with distilled water

Ice Paint Brushes

-painted with ice cubes as the paint brushes, it made the paint really smooth because each time it gave it a little bit of water

Ice Chiseling


-we put toys and water in a container and froze them, then the boys chiseled them out

-looked up ice sculptures - http://www.amazingice.com/gallery.html

-video on how ice sculptures are made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itvuudjb9hk&feature=related

We learned
-distilled water makes ice spikes
-ice is made from water and you shape it different shapes, and freeze it in the freezer
-outside ice forms when snow melts and drips and turns into ice
-the sun can melt the snow even in the winter