Pressure & Heat Experiment
Click to Download this Pressure & Heat ExperimentThis is a great outdoor experiment for colder climates.
You will need:
- Enough light, fluffy snow to make two, fist-sized snowballs
- Notebook & Pencil
- Camera (optional)
Step 1: Gather the snow into two loose snowballs.
Step 2: Wrap both hands around one of the snowballs and squeeze tightly for several seconds.
Observe & Document:
Do the snowballs look different? If so, how? Hint: When the snowball was squeezed, the snow melted and combined for form ice.
The process of the snow melting and forming ice is a metamorphic process. The snow changed to ice because of the pressure from your hands. This is the same process that changes rocks like granite to gneiss.
GOOD JOB!
YOU ARE NOW A TRUE MINI ME GEOLOGIST!