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Welcome to ScienceSpin Primary!

Our issues are designed to help you meet National Science Education Standards and make learning science fun. On the Web site, you will find useful, issue-related links and either an experiment or a reproducible to use with your students.

 

Snow Science!

This issue teaches students about snowwhat it is, how it forms, and what it looks like!

 

 

 

Web Link:

Learn more about snowflakes at www.snowcrystals.com.

 

 

Try This:

 

Ice Experiment

Have students predict what will melt ice the fastest--salt, water, or both.

 

Take three pie pans of ice. Add salt to one pan, water to one, and both to the third.

 

Time how long it takes to melt the ice in each pan.

 

Write down the outcomes. Compare with prediction and discuss.

 

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