Ice Cube Painting
Materials:
- Ice Cube Trays
- Popsicle Sticks
- Powder Tempra Paint
- Finger Paint Paper
Directions:
- Freeze ice cubes with popsicle sticks stuck in the middle. Sprinkle dry tempra paint onto each child's paper. Have your children hold on to the popsicle stick and spread their ice cube around their paper to turn the tempra powder into paint and create an arctic scene.
Blubber Science
Directions:
- Fill your water table with cold water, lots of ice, and plastic arctic animals. Have your children try to put their hands into the water to play with the animals. They will quickly tell you that their hands are too cold. This is the perfect time to talk with them about how arctic animals stay warm in the icy water because of blubber. A great way to demonstrate blubbers effectiveness is to fill two ziploc bags with crisco. Seal the bags and place them into another ziploc bag. Have a child slip their hands into the ziploc bag with one bag of crisco on each side. Close the bag around his hand and have him place it back in the water. The crisco will act as blubber and keep the child's hand warm, as long as you keep wate from entering through the top.
- A messier way to demonstrate this is to fill a ziploc bag with crisco and have your child slip his hand directly into the crisoc bag. His hand will stay warm and messy.
Five Fat Walruses
Five fat walruses were at the North Pole.One climbed on the ice and fell into a hole.
Four fat walruses swam toward the ice.
One bumped an iceberg which wasn't very nice.
Three fat walruses had whiskers on their faces,
One got bored and went to sleep; he didn't like the places.
Two fat walruses went to look for food.
One swam far, far away; he wasn't in the mood.
One fat walrus was tired of the play.
She flipped a good-by with her tail and then she swam away.
Sugar Cube Igloos
Directions:
- Set sugar cubes out for your children to stack and build igloos with.
This Place Is Cold (Imagine Living Here)
Vicki Cobb