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title: "Ice & Snow"
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# Ice & Snow

Know that water can be solid (ice and snow) or liquid, that snow is made of tiny frozen ice crystals, that icebergs are huge chunks of ice floating in the ocean with most of their bulk hidden underwater, and that ice floats because it is lighter than liquid water

Subject: Science · Area: Polar Regions · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/ice-and-snow-mt_SrmHaJXKrX

## Ready when they can

- Explain that ice and snow are frozen water (solid) and that water can change between solid and liquid
- Describe an iceberg as a huge piece of ice floating in the ocean with most of it hidden below the surface
- State that ice floats because frozen water is lighter than liquid water

## Lesson: Ice and Snow

Water is not just one thing. It can be a liquid, like rain. In a very cold place, like the North and South Poles, it turns solid. That solid water is called ice.

Have you ever caught a snowflake? Snow falls from cold clouds. Each snowflake is a tiny ice crystal. Millions of them make a snowy day.

**Example.** Ana looks at an iceberg in the ocean. She sees a huge white chunk of ice. Only a small tip pokes above the water. Most of the iceberg hides underneath, out of sight. The same size piece of ice weighs less than water, so it floats.

*(drawing: Only a tiny tip of an iceberg shows above the water. The big part hides underneath.)*

**Tip.** Ice floats because the same size piece weighs less than water. Frozen water takes up more space than liquid water. That makes ice float instead of sink. Next time you see ice in a drink, watch it float.

**Recap.** Ice and snow are frozen water, and the same size piece of ice weighs less than liquid water, so it floats.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Where Are the Poles?](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/where-are-the-poles-mt_4uPnLieBPN)

## Opens up

- [Ice & States of Matter](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/ice-and-states-of-matter-mt_scbDHJZZHK)