Blubber Experiment

These last few weeks we have been learning about hibernation and how animals adapt and stay warm in the winter. We conducted a blubber experiment to see how exactly the blubber helps the animals retain their heat. The children placed their hands in gloves and one hand went into cold water with the glove while the other hand went into the butter blubber and then into the ice water. They were surprised to feel how much warmer the hand that was placed in blubber felt.