Studying Heat

In Summer Enrichment, we have been melting a bunch of stuff. My favorite lesson was crayon art. We peeled crayons, cut them, glued them to card stock, and started to melt them using a hair dryer. The students had made a design on their card stock with painter's tape. It was so much fun. Here is an example of the crayon art:

The next day, the students made an iMovie about sources of heat. We had studied the sun, fire and the hair dryer. It was amazing to see their brains trying to find other sources of heat. 

Here is one of the iMovies that a group of students made: