Ice Activities, Facilitation, and Curriculum Expectation

Welcome to our activity page! All the following activities are open ended and exploration based. Each activity will include tips on how to facilitate. REMEMBER! All activities should be explored and based on the children's interests. The activities were created using the inquiry process chart found in the Full-Day Learning Kindergarten Program.


Activity 1: Growing Ice



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Materials: ( Amount of materials are based on how many children)
-Ice cubes
-Bottle of water
-Dry surface or cup

Instructions:
-Chill bottled water in freezer for 90 minutes
-Place ice cube on dry surface or in cup
-Poor chilled water onto ice and watch it grow!

Facilitation: " Introducing the inquiry process by asking questions of the children that will lead to more questions throughout the process" ( Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010,p 117). 

 - Ask open ended questions
    - What would happen if...?
    - How would we find out...?
    - I wonder why ....?
 - Questions that lead to exploration and investigation:
    -  I wonder how can we make this ice grow faster?
    - I wonder how can grow taller/ wider?
    - I wonder how many bottles of water would we need to grow the ice the height of the bottle?
    -  What would happen if we stopped pouring the water?
- Questions to extend activity
    -  I wonder what would happen if we poured and oil and water mixture on the ice?
    - I wonder what would happen if we poured hot water on the ice?
    - I wonder what would happen if we poured water and salt on the ice?

Curriculum Expectations:
   -" Conduct simple investigations through exploration, focused exploration and guided activity. Using inquiry skills ( questioning, planning, predicting, observing and communicating)" ( Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010, p.114).

Science - 2.1 " State problems and pose questions before and during investigations" ( Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010, p.117).

eg, children may say " my ice isn't growing"

  -"Use technical problem solving skills ( questioning, planning, predicting, constructing, observing, communicating) in a free exploration, focused exploration and guided activity" (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010, p.114).

Sciecne   - 4. 4" Making predictions and observation throughout the design process" ( Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010, p.124).

eg, children may say " if we use a bigger ice cube, the ice will grow taller"

Activity 2: Breaking ice 


















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Materials:( vary depending on the amount of children)
    - Loose parts ( natural and non living)
    - Containers
    - Water
    - Hammers    
    - Salt

Instructions:
    - Freeze loose parts into containers of water
    - Provide hammers and salt for children
    - Let children decide how they would like to break the ice ( using the hammer or salt)

Facilitation: 

 - Ask open ended questions
    - What would happen if...?
    - How would we find out...?
    - I wonder why ....?
 - Questions that lead to exploration and investigation:
    -  I wonder what would happen if we rubbed the salt on the ice?
    - I wonder how we can put it back together?
    - How can we get the loose parts out?
    -  What would happen if we hit the ice with the hammer?
- Questions to extend activity
    -  I wonder what else we can use to break the ice?
    -  I wonder what else we could freeze?
    - I wonder what would happen if we poured a mixture of salt and water on the ice?

Curriculum Expectations:
    -" Demonstrate an awareness of the natural and built environment through hands on investigations, observations, questions and representations of their findings" (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010 p.,114).

Science -1.1 "Ask questions about and describe some natural occurrences using their own  observations and expectations" ( Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010 p.115).

 eg: Children may say " The ice is melting"


Activity 3: Making ice cream in a bag

















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Ingredients:
  • Ice cubes
  • 6 Tablespoons rock salt
  • ½ cup milk, half and half or whipping cream
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 quart sized food storage bag
  • 1 gallon sized food storage bag

Instructions: ( WE RECOMMEND LETTING CHILDREN CREATE OWN STEPS)
-Fill the gallon sized bag half-full with ice. Add the rock salt. Seal.
-Put milk, vanilla and sugar in small bag and seal.
-Put the small bag inside the large bag and re-seal the large bag.
-Shake and toss and turn the bags for 5 minutes.
-Remove small bag and wipe the outside off to remove salt residue.
-Eat right out of the bag
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Facilitation:

 - Ask open ended questions
    - What would happen if...?
    - How would we find out...?
    - I wonder why ....?
 - Questions that lead to exploration and investigation:
    -  I wonder what would happen when we mixed the milk into the ice?
    - I wonder which ingredients to put in first?
    -  I wonder how many scoops of salt we need?
    -  I wonder what it will taste like?
- Questions to extend activity
    -  I wonder what else we can put into the mixture?
    -  I wonder what would happen if we didn't use ice?
    - I wonder what would happen if we whipping cream instead of milk?

Curriculum Expectations:
  - " Conduct simple investigations through exploration, focused exploration and guided activity
Using inquiry skills ( questioning, planning, predicting, observing and communicating)" (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010, p.114).      

 Science - 2.3 " Select and use materials to carry out their own exploration" ( Ontario Ministry of Education, 2010 p. 119).

eg: children may say " I'm making my ice cream with no milk".


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