How do animalskeep warm?

A question

Science

Katharine Hind, 2013CEIP Juan de Vallejo

Burgos, España

Experiment

Equipment

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Question: How do animals keep warm?

Cold weather!

2 hot water bottles

1 fur cover

Hot water

1. Take cold water.

Method

Brrrrr…It’s cold!

2. Make the water hot in a kettle.

Method

3. Put a furry cover on 1 hot water bottle.

4. Pour hot water into the 2 hot water bottles. (Ask an adult.)

Ow!

They’re hot!

Method

5. Put the 2 hot water bottles in a cold place.

Method

6. After 30 minutes, think.

Are they

hot,warm

or

cold?

Method

7. Touch the water bottles.

Ow!

It’s hot!

Oh …

It’s warm!

Result

The fur cover kept the waterin the blue bottle hot.

How do animalskeep warm?

Science Question

Answer

Fur keeps animals warm.

Feathers keeps birds warm.