Month: March 2015

I tired myself in the cold.

The dogs all snuggle up, sleeping.

Up again!

Whoosh!

Out to the cold!

Whoosh!

Thumping, rushing go my dogs again.

Up that jump,

Down that slope,

Thub, thub,

Louder, louder.

I am the tired Aliy Zirkle.

A potter can be a man or woman. The potter works alone most of the time. Most clay that a potter uses is brownish or reddish. A potter’s wheel is a horizontal, circular worktable that moves in circles. They use it to shape the clay. When the potter is done shaping the clay, he or she puts it on a drying board. Then they put it outside to dry.

Ice Cube Keeper Engineering Challenge

Ask: I wanted to know if air and new paper would keep an ice cube from melting.

Next, we imagined what our ice cube keeper would look like, planned, and created it. My keeper is a blueberry box with bubble wrap all around it. It was tight to keep in all the cold air.

I predict that my ice cube will stay frozen for eight hours.

My table:

Time:	Measurement:	Observations:
10:02	4 cm	My water is going to the bottom.
10:45	4 cm	It is water.
12:01	3 cm	It is leaking.
1:08	2.5 cm	It is getting smaller.
2:25	0 cm	It is gone.

I might try this to keep my ice cube from melting as soon as it did. I might put duct tape over any holes so air won’t leak. I am also curious if a can would work. I might make a cover or lid out of the bubble wrap.

My reflections: I am Puffy. I am Sarah’s Ice Cube Keeper. I think she should add more stuff around the ice cube to keep it cooler. I know that I don’t like heat, so she would use duct tape, metal, and plastic for insulating.