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Images of the Ice
Balloon Activity in action
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Looking closely at the ice balloon. |
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By placing a flashlight onto the ice balloon...
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this group discovered that the metal flashlight easily melted a hole in the ice. |
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What happens when you put it in water? |
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It floats! |
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Only a bit stays above the surface |
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Looking at the difference between the part of the ice that floated and the part that was submerged. |
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Trying to make a hole in the ice balloon. |
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Trying to melt a hole in the ice balloon with salt. |
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Seeing what happens when food coloring is put into the salt crater. |
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Trying to get food coloring inside the ice balloon. |
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Trying to find out if the "spines" in the ice balloon are hollow. |
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