In this experiment, we're going to investigate the properties of liquids
and observe how they behave under different circumstances.
Now, we all know what happens when you drop an ice cube into a drink.
It floats.
But is this the same reaction that happens with all liquids?
That's what we're going to find out.
For this experiment, you're going to need your freezer,
an ice cube tray,
and a selection of liquids.
Now,
there are three compulsory liquids that we're all going to test.
That's plain ordinary tap water straight out of the tap,
salt water,
which again is just tap water but I've added a couple of tablespoons of
salt to make a saline solution,
and
olive oil.
But we're also going to ask you to test a fourth liquid of your choice.
Now, you can be as creative as you'd like.
I did think about maybe milk or washing up liquid.
But I've actually chosen runny honey
because it seems to have a similar consistency to the olive oil,
so I want to find out if
it's going to behave in the same sort of manner.
Before you start the experiment, make sure you print off the ice cube tray diagram from your study journal.
And then label very carefully which
liquid is going into which section of the ice cube tray.
So I've got water, salt water,
olive oil, and honey.
And I'm actually going to label my ice cube tray as well
So now I'm going to fill up the individual compartments within the liquids,
first the tap water.
I overfilled that a bit. Just let it out.
Then the salt water.
Now the olive oil.
And finally,
going to do my last one with the honey.
And this will then go into the freezer.
I'm also going to fill four glasses with the
same liquids and make sure that they're clearly labelled as well.
I've got a sheet of plain paper. Do them in the same order,
tap water,
salt water,
olive oil,
and
honey.
And I'm going to fill the glasses up now.
So some tap water.
Salt water.
Add the olive oil,
And the honey.
Well, this has been in the freezer overnight, and they all seem
to be frozen, even the salt water and the honey,
which I'm surprised about.
But we can comment on that in the discussion afterwards.
So now I'm going to remove the frozen cubes
and drop them in the same liquid,
if I can get them out,
and see what happens.
So that's the tap water into tap water,
and that floats. Well, that was expected.
Now let's do salt water
into salt water.
Oh, and that floats as well.
Now the olive oil. It's a bit more difficult to get out.
There it is.
And I'm going to drop the frozen olive oil into the liquid olive oil.
Oh, and that's sinking
right to the bottom of the glass.
So that's a different reaction.
Right, now let's try the honey last of all.
Now, if I can get the honey cube out,
It's really sticky, but it's coming out.
All right, see if I can pull it out. It is frozen,
mostly.
OK, let's see what happens when the honey
goes into the honey.
Well, that seems to be sinking as well,
but much more slowly than the olive
oil. But I think that's because the honey
is much stickier and more viscous.
But it is sinking very slowly.
Well, that's my observations recorded. Now it's time to join the online discussion. Share
your results, and we'll interpret and understand
what we've just seen.
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