Are you looking for a fun science experiment to do this summer? Students will discover what melts in the sun in this simple experiment in which items are placed on a muffin tin or cookie sheet and placed in the sun. Students will record their predictions and results on recording sheets and discuss their findings. Students will design and build a model of a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area. A recording sheet for students to draw their structure and tell about it is included.

A "Facts About the Sun" handout is included which is loaded with information about the sun. You will receive an easy art activity to show the rotation of the earth around the sun. You will also receive a KWL chart with lines and no lines to fill out and another worksheet for students to fill out as they learn fun facts about the sun.

2022***You can now use this product digitally in Google Classroom or print out worksheets to use in your class.***

This meets Next Generation Science standards K-PS1-1 and KPS3-1 and K-PS3-2

There are recording sheets for either 9 or 12 items depending on the availability of items you can find in your classroom or to differentiate this activity to best meet the needs of your students.

You can find this experiment and several other fun, simple and easy experiments in

Science Experiments Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade-Recording Sheets-Simple

You may also find lots of experiments plus loads of additional science activities in

Kindergarten & First Grade Science Interactive Notebook-Printable or Digital

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Teachers like you said...

Delia D.
Extremely satisfied ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Our students love to do experiments so we used this we our Weather theme. We used this when it was our week to learn about the Sun. They loved placing all of the items outside and waiting to see the outcome of all the items.

Samantha H.
5.0 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My students LOVED this! Perfect way to make predictions too!

Virginia C.
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Great resource to go with melting science experiment! Can't wait to use this with my preschoolers. Love that you can do prediction and then what the results actually were.

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