Melting Snow

What you need:Melting Snow
• Snow
•  Hot water
• Kosher salt
• Sugar
•  Vinegar
• Baking soda
• Cups

What you do:
• Bring some snow home.
• Separate it into 5 cups.
• Add substances to each snow cup and note the immediate reactions. Did it affect the ice? Is it penetrating? Did it cause the ice to melt?
• Let sit for approx. 5 minutes.Melting Snow1
• Watch what happens.
• What melts the snow first?

While the snow was melting we learned about the structure of snow flakes.

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