Frozen Food

We have started our new unit in science on hibernation.  The girls received their animals that they are going to research and are VERY excited to create and present their dioramas.  Yesterday, we did an experiment on reasons why some animals hibernate in the winter.  The girls were given fresh pieces of pineapple and were given the green light to go ahead and eat them.  We talked about how they smelled, what they tasted like and how easy it was to bite in and eat it.  Then they were given pineapple frozen in ice.  They had to attempt to get to the pineapple and eat it--the girls discovered that this was not an easy task.  As they were gnawing their way through the ice, we talked about how difficult it was to actually get the food out and how hard it must be for animals to find food in the winter.  The girls realized, at the end of the experiment, that one reason some animals hibernate in the winter was the difficulty to find and eat food.  It is not easy to smell, reach or eat...but your girls had a ton of fun discovering this:-)