Making Ice Cream
In A Bag
It’s a Chilling Experience!
Here’s the scoop - in this fun and exciting activity you get to make and eat your very own ice
cream. You will experience both the roles of an Instructor and an Ice Cream Maker while
doing this activity. After sampling your ice cream you will:
- convert the recipe into imperial measurements
- enlarge the recipe
- perform a cost analysis
- identify many of the nine Essential Skills used in this activity
Check off that you have all of the following materials at your station:
Materials needed for each student:
- 2 small plastic freezer bags
- 1 large plastic freezer bag
- Approximately 960 mL (approximately 960 g)
of crushed ice
- 120 mL of half and half cream (or milk)
- 15 mL of sugar
- 2.5 mL of vanilla
- 90 mL of salt
- hand towel or gloves to keep your hands warm
Lab Instructions
Working in groups of two, student A will be the Instructor and student B will be the Ice
Cream Maker.
| THE ROLE OF THE INSTRUCTOR: |
THE ROLE OF THE ICE CREAM MAKER: |
- Keep the instructions for yourself.
- Quietly read the entire procedure to yourself to get a general overview of the lab.
- When you have a complete understanding of the procedure, slowly and clearly read the step-by-step instructions to the experimenter (student B).
- Pace yourself so that the experimenter is following
your instructions carefully.
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- Listen carefully to the trainer’s instructions.
- Your task is to prepare a delicious sample of ice cream and celebrate your accomplishments by eating it.
- After you have finished eating your ice cream, switch roles and become the trainer.
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