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Stop Ice from Melting Challenge

Details

Space: 
inside
Key Terms: 
Design
prototyping
insulators
and engineering
Materials: 
ice cube
found objects

Lesson Overview

Teacher Overview:

Summary: Design and create a container where an ice cube will not melt for one hour.

 

Description:  The challenge is to see if you can design and create a container to keep an ice cube from melting for at least one hour.

 

Check out the resource, “How to Keep Ice from Melting” to begin the process and learn what it will take to keep ice from melting.  Jump on the Internet to further research how to keep ice from melting and begin designing and prototyping your container that will  keep your ice from melting. The goal is to have your container keep ice from melting for at least one hour.

 

Extension: How long can you keep your ice from melting?  It’s impossible to keep ice from melting forever without putting it in a freezer, but can you extend the delay to four hours before the ice begins to melt?  Make a second video and show us!

Student Summary: 

Summary: Design and create a container where an ice cube will not melt for one hour.

 

Description:  The challenge is to see if you can design and create a container to keep an ice cube from melting for at least one hour.

 

Check out the resource, “How to Keep Ice from Melting” to begin the process and learn what it will take to keep ice from melting.  Jump on the Internet to further research how to keep ice from melting and begin designing and prototyping your container that will  keep your ice from melting. The goal is to have your container keep ice from melting for at least one hour.

 

Extension: How long can you keep your ice from melting?  It’s impossible to keep ice from melting forever without putting it in a freezer, but can you extend the delay to four hours before the ice begins to melt?  Make a second video and show us!

Lesson Phases

Plan

Description: 
Capture video of the plan and of your materials.

Build

Description: 
Capture video of you building your anti-melt container.

Iterate

Description: 
Capture video of a mistake or problem that you ran into.

Final Product

Description: 
Capture your ice cube at the beginning and at the end of 1 hour.

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