When it snowed heavily over the last weekend, we did this experiment. It is a very basic snow science experiment for kids. We froze our snow along with a tray of water to study how both changed their forms (state) over time. My preschooler made a wild guess and happy to see her guess was correct.
Materials needed to do this snow science experiment:
- Ice trays
- Water
- Snow
Method:
1. Fill one of the ice trays with water and another tray with snow. Identical trays will make the experiment more interesting.
2.Keep both the trays in the freezer
3. Record the state of the water and snow every hour
4. The water started to become ice at the end of 1st hour itself. However snow had just hardened a bit.
After 4 hours, the water was completely hard ice. The water had changed its state from liquid to solid. However the snow did not change the state. It just had become hard.
Before we started the experiment, I asked my preschooler what would happen when we freeze snow. She said that since snow was already ice, it would remain the same. The result matched her hypothesis. She was happy about that 🙂
It is a very basic science experiment with snow. However it made my preschooler guess, record and observe. I like simple things which interest my preschooler.
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