Ice Exploration Experiment

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Brief overview: John is in first grade, age six. The blue ice exploration took place within an empty classroom at the end of the day. The environment was familiar to both of us, quiet and there was plenty of room for us to have the bucket on the table. I had the other materials on a different table. I was really excited to try this experiment with John after seeing our guest Dr. Susan Rauchwerk conduct the same experiment. I had a list of “nuggets” I had written down prior to John joining me that I took away from our class time exploration. I was really hoping we could touch upon a few of these items. The materials used in this exploration were: a see-through bucket (similar to the size used in the classroom exploration), blue ice cubes, cold water, and a spoon.
Session: John was very excited when he saw the bucket of water and the blue ice. He right away recognized the ice tray and knew it was ice. “Why is that ice?” “Can you think of a reason or of a way the ice in this tray might have become blue?” He thought about this and then suggested paint. I told him it wasn’t paint but food coloring. He asked, “Can we eat an ice cube after?” “I don’t think it will be very tasty after we’re done touching it and exploring with it.” I then asked John, “What do you think will happen if I put one of these …show more content…

I also would like to have a discussion on what happened when we put all the ice in the bucket at the end of our first sessions and he stirred the water. What did he notice? Why might the water now be a darker shade of blue? I would also be really curious to see the kind of drawing John might create if I asked him to draw what he observed. Would he just draw one drawing or would he draw two based on the different colors of water he saw? How would he draw the dye coming from out of the ice

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