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Home » Chemistry for Kids: Fishing for Ice

Chemistry for Kids: Fishing for Ice

Published August 31, 2015 4 comments >>

This Fishing for Ice project shows kids how chemistry works in everyday life. Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with nothing more than ice, water, salt and string. You’ll lower the freezing point of water and catch some ice!

Fishing for Ice - Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

Science Lab Supplies

  • Free printable lab notebook with full instructions (available in the free printable library)

Fishing for Ice - Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

The lab book contains three easy science experiments for kids and contains areas to record your notes and observations. You can print it on card stock or plain paper and assemble it with ring clips or staples. It would be perfect for a science party.

 

Fishing for Ice Supplies

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

  • Water
  • A clear jar or glass
  • Table salt, 1-2 tsp
  • Food coloring (optional)
  • String

 

Fishing for Ice Experiment Instructions

  • Stir a drop or two of food coloring into the salt to create colored salt crystals. You can skip this step, but it makes the string easier to see.

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

 

  • Fill the jar about three quarters full with water.
  • Add a few ice cubes.
  • Sprinkle eat ice cube with a few pinches of salt.

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

 

  • Lay the string across the ice cube and salt.

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

 

  • Wait for 1-2 minutes.
  • Carefully lift the string out of the water and see how many ice cubes are attached.

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

 

Experiment Follow-Up

Complete the lab notes section of the printable lab notebook (available in the free printable library) with your kids. Have them record their predictions and observations. Try the experiment with more ice then less ice. Record the results.

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

 

More Cool Science Experiments for Kids

Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

Make sure to check out my post about Cool Science Experiments for Kids, download the free lab notebook (available in the free printable library), and check out my Penny Shine &  Glitter Tornado projects.

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Cool Science Experiments for Kids – Get your kids interested in STEM → science, technology, engineering, and math with these easy science projects using physics and chemistry. Create a glitter tornado, shine pennies then turn them green, and catch ice on a string using supplies you have around the house. Smart is the New Cool! #free printable #STEM #lesson plan

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  1. chantelle

    June 13, 2019 at 11:57 am

    I’m not seeing the lab notebook on your printable page… am I missing something!?

    Reply
    • Bren

      June 14, 2019 at 7:11 am

      It’s under “CRAFT PRINTABLES” in the third row.

      Reply
  2. Ivs

    January 16, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    I Cant find the lab notebook printable of ice fishing kids experiment. please send me the link to download thanks !

    Reply
    • Bren

      January 21, 2019 at 1:35 pm

      It’s on the free printables pages!

      Reply

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