Melting Investigation Planner

Name: ______________________ Date: _______________________

What are you going to investigate? What are we looking for?

What do you think is going to happen in the investigation?

To make the test fair, what things (variables) are you going to:
What will we change? What will we keep the same?

Equipment
• 2 giant freddos
• 2 containers
• Access to a warm place or heat source (microwave oven)

Method:
1. Place 1 whole freddo in a plastic bowl.
2. Break the second freddo into small pieces and place in a plastic bowl.
3. Place both bowls in the microwave oven and heat for 10 seconds.
4. Check to see if the freddos have melted.
5. Repeat step 3 and 4 until the freddo has melted.
Recording Results
Draw and label the full piece of chocolate. Draw and label the broken pieces of
chocolate.

Title: ___________________________________________
Number of seconds/minutes

Full piece of Broken up

chocolate chocolate
Results (What did we find out?)

What happens to the melting time when we change the size of the chocolate?

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Why did this happen?

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Compare your results to your prediction?

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Do you think this was a fair test? Explain your answer. YES / NO

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