The student conducted an experiment to see how air and water temperatures change as ice cubes melt in sea water. Three containers each with sea water and a different number of ice cubes were monitored over 10 minutes. Thermometers measured the air and water temperatures in each container every minute. The results showed that the water temperature dropped the most, to 8 degrees Celsius, in the container with 2 ice cubes, indicating more ice cubes caused a greater temperature decrease as they melted.