Ice Melts

NCERT anchor: NCERT Looking Around Class 1 — Theme: Water (ice and simple states of water)

• Ice is frozen water — solid, hard, and cold.
• When ice gets warm, it turns into liquid water. This is called melting.
• Melting does not make ice disappear — it just changes into water.

1. What is ice

Level 1 (Verbal): Ice is frozen water — cold and hard, like a small block.

Visual: Ice cube sitting in a bowl.

2. What happens when ice gets warm

Verbal: Sun, warm room, or warm hands give ice heat. Heat turns ice into water (liquid).

Visual: Ice cube slowly shrinking into a puddle.

3. Where we see melting

Ice cube in a glass of juice, an ice lolly outside on a hot day, an ice tray left on the kitchen counter.

Ice cube kept outside on a sunny table

Step 1 — Place an ice cube on a plate in the sun.
Step 2 — Check after 5 minutes: it is smaller.
Step 3 — Check after 15 minutes: it is a puddle of water.
Step 4 — Touch the puddle: it is water, not ice anymore.
Answer: the solid ice melted into liquid water.

• What is ice made of?
• What happens when ice gets warm?
• What do we call the change from solid ice to liquid water?
• Stretch: Why does ice melt faster in summer than in winter?

Revision tip: Watch an ice cube melt in a glass and time how long it takes.

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