Blubber Experiment

Materials:  bowl of ice water, 4 quart sized baggies, vegetable oil, spatula, towel

Use this experiment to show the children how blubber keeps the animals from feeling the cold air and water. Fill a container with ice water and get some vegetable oil. Fill two small ziploc bags with the oil and seal them. Put those bags inside another small bag and the children can put their hand inside between the two bags of oil, almost like a glove. Now put both hands, one in the oil and one by itself, into the bowl of ice water.  Their bare hand will be cold and their hand in the oil will be warm!