Melting Frozen Paint

Winter Inquiry Continued

Wonder Wall question

Recently, one of our students wondered how paint melts when it is frozen. 

We tested this out by filing half an ice tray with different colours of paint, and the other half with water.  We wanted to make a comparison.

We made predictions (that means guessed) what would happen.

After first recess we wanted to see what, if any changes had occurred.  We observed that the water had already froze, but the paint needed more time.  

After second recess the paint finally froze.  

Now that our paint was frozen, we were ready to test our original question - How does paint melt when it is frozen?  Just to make it interesting, we decided to mix some paint colour cubes together to see what would happen.  

It was time to go home.  We left our melting paint cubes on the light table. 

We observed that when ice melts it turns to water.  When frozen paint melts, it turn back to paint.  We also observed that two different coloured paint cubes mix, when melted, into a different colour.  Through this experiment our students learned how to make predictions and observations.