Summertime Science Adventure: Melting Mystery for Young Scientists
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has introduced a fun and educational summer science experiment called "What Melts?" This experiment is designed to engage kids in learning about melting through a series of activities that encourage predictions, observation, and conclusion-drawing.
The "What Melts?" experiment begins with kids predicting which items will melt first, second, third, and so on, based on their prior knowledge or guesses. To carry out the experiment, children will need a muffin tin, a timer or clock, and journal pages for recording their observations.
The items to be placed in the sunny spot outdoors for the experiment include ice cubes, butter, chocolate, marshmallow, wax, lip balm/lipstick, crayon, cheese, gummy candies, and a small plastic toy. The kids are asked to observe the items every 5-10 minutes and record the time it takes for each item to start melting and to melt completely.
The "What Melts?" summer science experiment is part of the Printable Summer STEAM Projects Pack, which includes 15 summer science activities, 10+ printable summer STEM challenges, a summer theme STEM Story with challenges, brick building challenges with a summer theme, printable sensory play recipes, homemade pinwheels, and spinners.
The Pack also includes bonus pull-out packs such as Summer Fun, Ice is Nice, Lemon Theme Projects, and Ice Cream-extra packs.
After the experiment, the kids discuss the results, compare the actual outcomes with their predictions, and ask questions to reinforce learning. The science behind melting explains that heat makes the tiny particles inside a solid move faster, eventually causing them to break free from their spots and move around more freely, resulting in the solid changing into a liquid, a process called melting.
Through this experiment, kids can learn about various materials' melting points and properties through observation. Additional activities related to melting include the Melting Chocolate Experiment, Melting Crayons, Melting Ice Cube Experiment, What Makes Ice Melt Faster?, What Colors Absorb Heat Best?, Insulation Experiment, Solid, Liquid, Gas Experiment, Ice Melt STEM Challenges, What Colors Absorb Heat Better? (again), Solar Oven Challenge, DIY Sundial Project, Ice Cream in a Bag, and LEGO Sun Prints.
So, grab your sunscreen, a muffin tin, and some curiosity, and let's get melting this summer!
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