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How Animals Stay Warm

How Animals Stay Warm

In this quick activity, learners explore how blubber protects animals from the cold by making a "blubber mitt." Using cooking shortening, two zip-top sandwich bags, and duct tape, learners simulate blubber found on animals like whales and seals and then test it by sticking their "blubber mitt" in snow or ice water.

Keywords:
Social Sciences, Fur, Cold, NSDL, Biological Science, Muskrat, Physics, Heat and Thermodynamics, Blubber, Animals, Whale, Conducting Investigations, Earth Science, Seals, Chemistry, Earth System Science, Atmospheric Science, Arctic, Seal, Insulation, Life Science, Physical Science, Diversity of Life, Geoscience, Muskrats, Anthropology, Earth Processes, Arctic Animals, Engineering, General Science, Life Sciences, Weather and Climate, Whales, Winter, Evolution, Education, Heat and Temperature, Mechanisms of Evolution
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
March 31, 2018
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Primary Audience:
Grade School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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Unknown
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No
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No
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