What You Did

You discovered an easy way to make ice that’s as clear as glass.

Intended Results

Your boiled water, when frozen, should look very foggy.Your shaken water, when frozen, should be clear or nearly so.

Unintended Results

If you jostled the boiled water too much, you may have shaken the air bubbles out, and didn’t see the ice as very foggy

Keep Tinkering

Try observing the bubbles in the boiled-water ice with your microscope

Explored Concepts

states of matter, freezing point, water impurities

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