Cover for The Ice Cup Experiment: the lesson title over the opening scene art.

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About

Kids follow a friendly winter experiment: what happens to a cup of ice on a warm day? K-2 students learn ice, snow, freeze and melt, make a prediction and check it, answer where, how and why questions about the picture story, put the experiment steps in order, spot silly made-up facts, and pick replies that stay on topic. Directions are read aloud.

What's included

  • 13 interactive scenes with narrated directions
  • Picture choices, ordering, sorting and conversation activities
  • Spoken hints after a wrong answer and an end-of-lesson score

Learning objectives

  • Name winter words: ice, snow, freeze and melt
  • Predict what will happen, then check the prediction against the story
  • Answer where, how and why questions about a short picture story
  • Put three steps of a simple experiment in order
  • Tell true facts from silly made-up ones, and choose replies that stay on topic

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