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Some ways to have fun with ice cubes:

1. Place ice cubes in two separate Ziploc bags, and place one near the window sill, and the other on a table. Which cubes begin melting faster?
2. Place ice cubes in a Ziploc bag, and let her use a small hammer (carefully) to crush the cubes. Let her open the cubes and see the results of her handiwork. Explain about force.
3. Color some ice cubes using juice of strawberries, blueberries, oranges etc. and let her sort by color. Then, let her suck on the cubes.
4. Place some ice cubes in a Ziploc bag, and let her place the bag on various objects around the house – a book, a steel bowl, a glass. Let her place the bag on each object for 10 seconds each – which ones get colder faster?
5. Experiment with the quickest ways of melting an ice cube – keep it on the table, keep it in a bowl with a tight lid, keep it near the stove, keep in a ladle and hold over fire…
6. Freeze little plastic bugs in cups, and have fun with it. Or freeze a trinket in a cup of water. Let her figure out how to thaw the ice really quick to get to the trinket. To make it a game, time how fast she can get her hands on the trinket.

Enjoy!