Last week we spent some outdoor time collecting a box of snow. We wondered what would happen if we took the snow inside, so we did. When we came in the next day, we found a box of water- dirty water! I reminded the students to think of this next time they are tempted to eat snow. We also noted that the tub of water was not full, even though it had been filled with snow. I explained that there is air trapped in the snow but not in between the water molecules. This week’s frigid cold gave us a new idea, what would happen to the water if we put it outside? We put it out and checked on it often, and it got cold but it wasn’t until the next morning that we discovered… a box of ice! The budding scientists were filled with more questions such as what would happen if we tried to write on it? We tried it! We knew that it would melt if we kept inside but how long would that take? By the end of the day it was almost all melted so of course, we decided to try to freeze it again. The next day we took out some thermometers to measure the temperature of the ice and water throughout the day. Just like the rest of us, it was freezing!!