LABORATORY WORKSHOP # 1 Page 1 of 2

ÁREA: SCIENCE GRADE: 2 A-B-C-D

TOPIC: FUSION: CHANGE FROM A SOLID TO A LIQUID
TEACHERS: HANS QUEVEDO-LUZ ADRIANA ORTIZ (LABORATORIO)
DATE: FROM: AUGUST 26th – 2010 TO: NOVEMBER 26th - 2010

GRADE MOTTO: “Building up my independence by contributing to the environment and atmosphere at school and at home”.

INTRODUCCIÓN: Through this activity we would be able to observe and start describing one of the changes in the state of matter
important in natura (FUSION), additionally we will put into practice our scientific abilities using our senses to determine the changes in
an ice cube. We will pay close attention to our observations, using the sense of touch and the thermometer as an indicator of what is
being observed.

MATERIALS:
To make put into practice this activity we will need the following materials.
I should bring them by teams:
2 transparent disposable plastic cups and a transparent plastic bag. If I have a digital thermometer, use it.
In the laboratory I will be given the following materials: 50 ml Beaker, Thermometer y Chronometer.
ACTIVITIES:
These activities will be done simultaneously so we have to be alert to the roles that we have in the Little Scientists Teams to do our
job.
The Lab teacher will hand me 2 ice cubes and I will place one on the cup and the other one in the bag.
OBSERVATIONS OF THE ICE CUBE IN THE BAG. OBSERVATIONS OF THE ICE CUBE IN THE CUP
1. Take an ice cube and place it in a transparent bag with a 1. What happens when we leave an ice cube in the open air.
thermometer as the teacher indicates. I write down my first Describe what I observe.
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2. I place the bag somewhere in the laboratory and leave it there 2. I take the ice cube in my hand describing the sensations
while I continue my observations with the cup, but first I have produced in me.
to describe how is the place where I left the bag with the ice _______________________________________________________________
cube, for example; cold, moist, dark, sunny, etc. __
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3. Every 5 minutes I will go to the place where I left the bag 3. I place the ice cube with ice in the disposable cup with a
with the ice cube and register in the chart the temperatura thermometer and start registering the time and temperatura
given by the thermometer. every 5 minutes.
TIME TEMPERATURE TIME TEMPERATURE
O minutes O minutes
5 minutes 5 minutes
10 minutes 10 minutes
15 minutes 15 minutes
20 minutes 20 minutes

4. I describe what happens to the ice cube and the sides of the 4. I describe what happens to the ice cube and the walls of the
CONCLUSION: I write down what I think is causing the change of the ice cube.
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• BIBLIOGRAFIA: Vicens Vives, Con las manos en la ciencia, Cambios de estado, primera edición, ediciones Odile Jacob Multimedia; España,
2001