In our Topic lessons we have been learning about animals that live in Polar Water! We learnt all about how they are adapted to live there. We found out that one of their adaptations is that they have a layer of blubber under their skin. We decided to conduct an experiment to see how the blubber helps them!
First we dipped our hand into icy cold water for 3 seconds. We then put our other hand in, but this one was protected by a layer of blubber. We found that the hand that was protected by the blubber didn't get cold in the icy water compared to our bare hand!
We concluded that the layer of blubber keeps the animals warm, even in the freezing cold Arctic Ocean! Can you tell your adult which animals you found out have a layer of blubber under their skin? Can you find out if any other animals have blubber too?
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