Winter Science Experiments! 

Students will learn scientific terms, facts and methods while having fun completing these winter inspired hands-on experiments. Supplies are usually items that are easily found around your home. 

Each lesson will include a printable science journal. The science journal includes our supply list, terms to ponder, charts for completing the scientific method and an explanation section. 

Experiments include: 

1) Hot Chocolate Science 1/4
2) Build and Melt a Snowman 1/11
3) Snowstorm in a Jar 1/18
4) Fishing for Ice 1/25
5) Grow a Rainbow 2/1
6) Ice Cream in a Bag 2/8

Structure for each live class:

1st - We will go over our supply list.
2nd - Introduce and discuss our scientific terms to ponder.
3rd - Students will follow along with me as we complete the science experiment of the week. I will often ask learners to share their hypothesis for each step along the process of our experiment. We will fill in our hypothesis and observations throughout class.
4th - We will discuss our final scientific findings.

When entering the online classroom - be sure to put your camera view on "gallery mode" so you can see all of the learner's experiments at once. 

There will be no screen sharing or third party resources shared in this course. 

Full list of supplies for this course!

Hot Chocolate Science:
3 mugs (1 with cold water, 1 with lukewarm water, 1 with hot water)
3 packets of hot cocoa mix
Mixing spoon
Optional - part 2 of our experiment
Clear glass full of any temperature water
Salt
Pepper

Build & Melt a Snowman:
Baking soda
Vinegar
Plate with edge, bowl or pie tin (choose 1)
Foaming shaving cream (fun!) or 1/4 cup water (works, but not as much fun)
Squirt bottle, eyedropper, baster or plastic syringe (choose 1)
Towel 
Optional decorations for your snowman (you decide)

Snowstorm!
Clear glass or jar 1/4 full of water
Oil (clear baby oil works best)
White paint
Alka-Seltzer tablets AKA Effervescent tablets 
Spoon
Optional: blue food coloring, glitter, glow stick

Fishing for Ice:
Clear glass or jar 3/4 full of water
Separate cup full of ice cubes 
Small bowl with about 1/4 cup of table salt
Food coloring
String
Spoon

Grow a Rainbow:
Absorbent paper towel
2 small cups 3/4 full of water
Washable markers 

Ice Cream in a Bag:
2 tablespoons any kind of sugar
1 cup half and half
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional Flavoring: chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup, chocolate chips, cut up fruit, sprinkles, etc. 
1 gallon freezer bag 1/2 full of ice
1 quart freezer bag
1/2 cup of rock salt or ice cream salt aka large salt chunks. If using table salt; use 1 whole cup and the process will take a little longer.