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Frost Walk

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Materials

Magnifying glass

Kitchen knife

Small containers

Instructions

1. Invite the children to go on a frost walk. Look for frosty places.

2. Compare frost in sunny and in shady places. Compare frost on hard surfaces, on grass, onleaves, etc.

3. Examine frost through magnifying glasses.

4. Scrape some frost into small containers and watch what happens to it in the sun or shade.More to doMore science: The day before, set out some small containers such as pie plates or ice cubetrays filled with ice and let children handle to observe the properties of ice.

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