Time Lapse Photography: Melting Snowman

The idea behind “time lapse photography” is take a series of images or short segments of video over a set interval of time. Combine these images together to make a slow event happen faster, or a fast event happen slower.

If you don’t have snow to build a miniature snowman, you can do this same activity with a couple ice cubes or a bowl of ice cream.

This works best if you have a tripod to put the camera on so there isn’t movement.

There are also video cameras that have a time lapse mode. This is the simplest way to do this. You plug in the camera, set the time mode, and then come back later to see the results.

Import the photos or short video clips into a movie software program. Then have children voice over with descriptions of what is happening in the state of matter change. Or, for a more creative twist, document what the snowman is thinking during the melting process!