Ice Cream Investigations

 STEM Thursday, Kostoryz Elementary, September 22nd, 2015

Presenters:  Ms. Baker, Ms. Barrios, Ms. Benavides, Ms. Deal, Ms. Poore, Ms. Sloan, Ms. Stevens

Ice Cream Investigations

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Engage

How does salt melt ice?

Explore

Ice Cream Investigations Lab Packet

  • What is a solid?

  • What is a liquid?

  • How can a solution be changed from a solid to a liquid?

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  • Let’s sort our materials into solids and liquids.

Lab Safety First

Lab Safety First

  • Let’s use ice, salt, vanilla, sugar, and milk to make ice cream!

  • Let’s make some observations.

  • Let’s write down some data about time and temperature.

 

Explain

  • What happened to the mixture? Why?

  • Did the evidence support your hypothesis?

  • What state of matter did the mixture start out in?

  • What state of matter did the mixture end up in?

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Elaborate

think, pair, share

How can you change the variables to create a different investigation?

Evaluate

exit slip

3-2-1 Exit Slip