NC State University
The Engineering Place: Ice Cream in a Bag
An investigation into change of state where students prepare small bags of ingredients and shake them within a bag of ice and salt to see if they can make ice-cream. As they progress, they apply the scientific method.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Ice Cream Shake
Investigate states of matter while making ice cream. Explore how to turn a liquid into a solid by removing heat energy.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Lowering the Freezing Point of Water
When it comes to making ice cream, in order to make the mixture cold enough to freeze, you surround the container with ice and rock salt. This experiment helps you learn how the addition of salt (or other substances) affects the freezing...
abcteach
Abcteach: Flashcard Patterns Make Your Own
[Free Registration/Login Required] Themed backgrounds for making your own flashcards, such as snowman, tooth, heart, and ice cream cone. Blank pictures can be used for math problems or whatever goes along with the theme of the unit.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: I Scream for Ice Cream!
In this activity, young scholars will figure out how many different combinations of ice cream flavors and cones they can make. Students will work cooperatively to make the different combinations. They will use various materials to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream !
Fun and yummy lesson to do on a sunny spring afternoon. Have the students take a poll of their favorite choice of ice cream and create a bar graph showing the information. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Gel Well: Which Additives Make the Strongest Gelatin?
Gelatin. It's hard to think of another food that is used as frequently on the dinner table as off. You can find it in all sorts of sweet foods, from ice cream, yogurt, and gummy bears, to marshmallows and yellow colorings for sodas. Off...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Cold Can You Go?
Students explore materials engineering by modifying the material properties of water. Specifically, they use salt to lower the freezing point of water and test it by making ice cream. Using either a simple thermometer or a mechatronic...
Other
60 Second Science: Making Ice Cream
Discover how liquids can change to solids while making ice cream.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Ice Cream
Sharpen your logic and pattern creation skills performing this fun game. Includes solution.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Are You Gellin'?
Chances are, you have several materials around your house made of gelatinized materials. Gels are used in all kinds of products and materials: pudding, diapers, insoles, packaging, ice cream, toothpaste, and much more. In this project,...
Other
Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan
In this online lesson, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think will be the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Money Change From $10
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a differentiated interactive flipchart in which students visit an ice-cream shop, computer shop and fish & chip shop to calculate change from $10 for various items.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Milk It Dairy Match
Milk It - Dairy Match is a fun matching game for kids. Click on the windows of the barn to reveal the friendly cows and match two of the same kind. Watch out for the strawberry ice cream though! It will move the windows around on you. Do...
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 202 Math Is Everywhere, Part Ll
Blossom and Snappy discover a new window that Robbie put in the garage and decide to measure it. They discover the difference of standard measurement and non-standard measurement while making candies and during their visits to McDonald's...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: What's the Coolest?
This is an investigation into how to insulate something so that it stays frozen. Students will experiment with different materials to try to create the best cooler. They will then follow a procedure to make ice-cream, and learn about the...