Melting Iceburg experiment

9. Extended Questions

        a. What happens if the polar ice caps melt?  If the polar ice caps melt that will have an effect on the sea levels.  There is a difference between the melting of ice on the land and floating ice burgs.  With the ice burgs they are already in the ocean and displacing water so when they melt it doesn’t effect the sea level as much as the added water from land based ice.

        b. What other questions do you have about this Science Inquiry Experience?  Just as an inquiry and looking at what I know about ice.  I know these are some things that I should already know but here you go.  When I did the melting ice experiment it looked like the water raised a little bit.  It did not rise enough to break the surface tension and flow over the side of the bowl. With matter you know that the molecules come closer together as they get colder and freeze so you would think that ice would be more dense than water but ice cubes do the opposite float meaning that they are less dense and the volume has increased.  So even though there is some ice above the water it shouldn’t increase the sea level much because as the ice melts it actually becomes denser and takes up less space.

First blog on blogger- 5 E's

Alright lets try this again.  Sorry to all about changing my blog I was having a little difficulty with the other one.  So this is the first time that I have written my own blog and I'm a little bit excited about it but nervous as well because I have had some trouble so far.  So here goes.

 Anyways again, in response to my STEM lesson this week.  The format was a little helpful except I found it redundant in some areas.  I feel that I usually use the 5 E’s in my project plans to ensure that the students are involved in the process.  Some problems that I see with the project are some parents will not respond to the interviews that my students give and some of the professionals will not write back to the students making it hard for them to complete the project.  That is why I try to find professionals for them to write to that I know will respond.