Comments on: Experiment: Ice cubes melting in fresh water and salt water https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/ Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:37:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: #KitchenOceanography - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-3728 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:42:19 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-3728 […] that can be shown using kitchen oceanography experiments include density driven currents, overturning circulation, double-diffusive mixing, vortex streets, properties of freshwater and […]

]]> By: Small groups work on shared artefacts - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-3041 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:56:47 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-3041 […] evidence, but as compared to students that are asked “which ice cube will melt faster, the one in salt water or the one in freshwater?” without sketching the mechanisms they base their answer on and who almost always get it […]

]]> By: Fresh water or salt water? – Elin Darelius & Team https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2915 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:53:55 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2915 […] To read more about this experiment, check out this blog post! […]

]]> By: #KitchenOceanography: Bringing physical oceanography into students’ homes – Elin Darelius & Team https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2905 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:46:08 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2905 […] observations and explaining counterintuitive results. A great experiment here is to ask students to place ice cubes in two beakers with room-temperature water, one salt water and one freshwater. Asking students to predict which of the ice cubes will melt faster leads to 90% wrong predictions, […]

]]> By: #KitchenOceanography: Bringing physical oceanography into students’ homes - Animal's Life https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2863 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 01:33:06 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2863 […] counterintuitive outcomes. An amazing experiment right here is to ask college students to place ice cubes in two beakers with room-temperature water, one salt water and one freshwater. Asking college students to foretell which of the ice cubes will soften sooner results in 90% […]

]]> By: #KitchenOceanography: Bringing physical oceanography into students’ homes – Elin Darelius & team's scientific adventures https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2854 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:16:43 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2854 […] observations and explaining counterintuitive results. A great experiment here is to ask students to place ice cubes in two beakers with room-temperature water, one salt water and one freshwater. Asking students to predict which of the ice cubes will melt faster leads to 90% wrong predictions, […]

]]> By: #KitchenOceanography as #FieldWorkFix - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2851 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:36:38 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2851 […] observations and explaining counterintuitive results. A great experiment here is to ask students to place ice cubes in two beakers with room-temperature water, one salt water and one freshwater. Asking students to predict which of the ice cubes will melt faster leads to 90% wrong predictions, […]

]]> By: On melting ice cubes and molecular diffusion of heat - Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2808 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:47:33 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2808 […] written about this experiment many times before, so if you aren’t familiar with it, check out my introductory post or all the posts related to the original experiment, because now we are going to take it one step […]

]]> By: Fresh water or salt water? – Elin Darelius & team's scientific adventures https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2755 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:01:48 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2755 […] To read more about this experiment, check out this blog post! […]

]]> By: What’s #kitchenoceanography all about? | Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer https://mirjamglessmer.com/2018/07/23/experiment-ice-cubes-melting-in-fresh-water-and-salt-water/#comment-2678 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:07:04 +0000 https://mirjamglessmer.com/?p=8200#comment-2678 […] that can be shown using kitchen oceanography experiments include density driven currents, overturning circulation, double-diffusive mixing, vortex streets, properties of freshwater and […]

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