Experiment–6th grader

Question: How does a polar bear’s black skin help to keep it warm?
Hypothesis: “It soaks up the hotness from the sun.”

Ice in plastic bag inside socks – one white, one black. 
On cookie sheet in the sun.
Young scientist predicts the ice in the black sock will melt quicker.

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Yeah… just barely.
😉  But we got a lab report out of it.

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