Dry Ice Investigations

Questions We Have About Dry Ice

Student Questions After “Exploring Dry Ice”

If you put water in with dry ice, will it freeze?

Would a normal thermometer break if you put it against dry ice?

If dry ice were to melt, would it be edible? What would happen if you put dry ice in a

hot oven? What would happen if you covered dry ice

with sugar?

Systematic Observations

Marge’s Systematic Observation – What happens when you put dry ice in soap solution?

The Mystery of the Floating Bubbles

Activity 3: Experimenting

Marge’s Experiments – Does temperature affect how fast dry ice turns to a gas?

Student Questions After “Marge’s Experiment”

What would happen if you placed dry ice on a marshmallow? … on a bunsen burner? … in Pepsi?… in Jello? … in hydrogen peroxide? … on a plant leaf? … in salt water?

What would happen if you put acid on dry ice? What would happen if you mixed dry ice with

gasoline? What would happen if you wrap it in foil and

put it in hot water? What would happen to a fish in water if you

added dry ice?

Activity 4: Conducting Dry Ice Investigations

Choosing Investigable Question

Making an Investigation PlanConducting InvestigationsSharing Results of

Investigations

Assessment

Scientific Journal – observe, compare, describe

Energy and Matter questionnaire Open-ended Investigations –

Investigation Rubric Other Suggestions: Investigate

another topic, design a comic strip, “The Royal Society Meets”, Inventive Applications