Gingerbread Man Experiment

Essential Question: What would have happened if the gingerbread man had swam across the river by himself?

We hypothesized that he might: sink, float, melt, break into pieces, or be crushed.  Then, we tested our hypothesis by putting a gingerbread cookie in water:

The kids observed that he was already beginning to lose his hand and leg, and that the water turned orangey red.