Science Experiments
Great Ice Cube Race
These science experiments test the rate different shapes of ice cubes melt. Each ice cube contains the same amount of water. In this experiment you will use ice cubes that have different shapes and see if the time it takes them to melt varies with the shape of the ice cube.
Materials
- Several different shaped ice cube trays
- Measuring spoons
- Food coloring
- Clock
- Bowl
Directions
- Wash and clean all your ice cube trays.
- Mix a few drops of food coloring into a bowl of water.
- You must fill all of the ice cube trays individual containers with the same amount of water for this experiment.
- To do this make sure that each section in the ice cube tray will hold 2 tablespoons of water.
- If one of the ice cube trays hold less than 2 tablespoons add smaller amounts of water to the container to determine how much it will hold.
- Fill all the compartments in all of your ice cube trays with exactly the same amount of water using your measuring spoons.
- Place the ice cube trays on a shelf in the freezing compartment of your refrigerator overnight.
- Do not stack the ice cube trays on a shelf for this experiment because it might effect how they freeze.
- The next morning place individual ice cubes on different plates.
- Time the rate of melting for an ice cube from each type of tray.
- Record your results.
- Repeat the experiment with the rest of the ice cube timing the melting time for each ice cube.
- Record these results also.
- Find the average time it took for each different tray of ice cubes to see if the melting times were different.
Sinking the Titanic
Great icebergs break off from glaciers near the North Pole and South Pole. The Titanic, billed as unsinkable, hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on April 14, 1912 and sank. The iceberg had been floating around the ocean and was not spotted until 4 minutes before it collided with the ship. The iceberg survived for a while but the Titanic did not.
More Links to Earth Science Experiments
- Water Cycle Experiments, Acid Rain Learn what happens when acid rain falls on objects made of calcite in this experiment.
- Volcano Experiment, Volcanic Eruptions Find out what happens when expanding gases in magma cannot escape beneath a volcano.
- Water Cycle Experiment, Salt on a Stick This experiment combines science and history as it shows how Indians collected salt and exchanged it for obsidian.
- Simple Science Experiment, Rubber Band Shoot Have fun shooting rubber bands in this fun and easy experiment.Discover how bread slices can turn into sedimentary layers in this fun experiment.
- Science Experiments, Great Ice Cube Race The great ice cube race tests the time it takes for different shapes of ice cubes to melt.
- Earth Science Learn about planet Earth, Rock Cycle, Volcanoes and many more topics on this website.
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