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 * Ice Cube Shapes **

Problem Scenario
It doesn't matter.

Broad Question-
How long would an ice cube shape melt if it were not a cube?

Specific Question-
Does the Shape of an ice cube affect its melting time?

Hypothesis-
The ice shape will affect the melting time.

General Plan
For my project I am testing if the shape of an ice cube affects its melting time. To test it my project I will take containers to shape my ice. Then I will measure the amount of water to make sure that all containers are even. The shapes will be multiple squares, triangles, circles, stars, and octagons. Then I will freeze the water in the containers. When they are all frozen I will take one out at a time, and count by seconds to see how long it takes. I will do the same procedure with all ice shapes. Then I will write down the data and find out to see if the shape of an ice cube does affect it's melting time.

Potential Problems And Solutions
Finding a container to shape the ice. My solution will be to search multiple stores to find the containers.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
No environmental concerns, except for an area being too cold.

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||
 * cube container || 3 || wal-mart ||  ||
 * circular container || 3 || wal-mart ||  ||
 * pentagon container || 3 || wal-mart ||  ||

Detailed Procedure
Take shaped ice and lay them out on a metal sheet, make sure that the sheet is flat so all melting times will be accurate. Then take a stop watch and time each shaped ice individually. It should take anywhere from 30- 120 minutes.

Time Line
March 18- Tested ice cubes March - Finished poster. March 29- Science fair.

Photos
none.

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The square shaped ice had melted in 30 minutes. The circle shaped ice had melted in 30 minutes also. The star shaped ice melted in 50 minutes. The octagon shaped ice melted in 60 minutes. The triangular shaped ice had melted in 35 minutes.=====

Discussion
My hypothesis was more correct than it ever could. Yet my experiment couldn't help solve anything I still found it useful. Yet I found that the shape of the ice does affect it's melting time. My experiment was very accurate. The shapes seemed to stay in the 30-60 minute range. The relationship between the independant and dependant variable had a strong relationship. Only because the ice itself, matched the melting time question.

Benefit to Community and/or Science
It helps our community by knowing the melting time of different ice cube shapes.

=Background Research-= I researched how long it took an average ice cube to melt. Then I researched peoples scientific opinions on "if an ice shape effects its melting time. After that I researched the density of water. The density of water is 1,000.00 milliliters cubed. Then I took shapes and tested to make sure they were all the same size, and weight.

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Abstract- My question for the science fair was if the shape of an ice cube affected its melting time. Which it indeed did. Which matched my hypothesis, because I thought that it did. I decided what my specific and broad question would be. Then I started on my wikipage. Then I got all the materials I needed to do my experiment. Then I did my experiment and came to a conclusion, and results.=====