Homeschool Snow Experiments
With each child I have done this simple experiment to show why we don’t eat
snow!
All you need is a coffee filter, a cup and some snow.
Include All Your Children
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Place a handful of snow in the filter and wait for it to melt.
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Ask:
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What temperature is the snow?
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How long did it take for snow to melt?
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What properties of matter did you see? Did it change at all?
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How does the paper filter work?
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What temperature is the melted snow?
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What is left in the filter (if you have microscope you could make a slide)
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Should you eat snow?
The little ones are always AMAZED at what is in our seemingly sparkly white snow. I should add they were amazed with scrunched up noses…Yuck!
Results of Melted Snow Experiment
Yuck! I didn’t realize it was so dirty!! Thanks for the tip. Will be illustrating this with my children tomorrow!
Hi Christin!
Yes, it is quite dirty and this snow was taken from a very white and clean looking snow pile.
Be sure to let me know what results you get! 🙂