We have been learning about solids and liquids in Science. We have been learning how a solid can change to a liquid through the process of melting. We investigated the melting process by completing two experiments using ice. One experiment involved solid ice, crushed ice and ice with salt to see which would melt the quickest. The other experiment involved different types of objects: a coin, a candle, a square of chocolate and an ice cube. We tested to see which item would melt. We observed the changes every 20 minutes for an hour. The ice melted and the chocolate started to melt.  

Here are some of our thoughts: 

“The crushed ice melted the quickest” – Ezra. 

“The smaller pieces of the crushed ice make water and the water would make the other chunks easily melt” – Finnian. 

“The results were unexpected and the experiment was really fun and we all enjoyed it” -Lucy. 

“The ice melted the quickest in the second experiment because the atoms were getting warmer and bouncing off each other” -Anson. 

“I loved writing the results on the observation sheet and I loved learning about the atoms and temperatures that things had to be at to melt” -Lachie 

“I liked when we had to make a prediction” -Obie.