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Colorado State University

Can Boiling Make Something Freeze?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Use boiling as an avenue for freezing. Young scholars watch as liquid nitrogen removes heat from the ingredients for ice cream. As this happens, the nitrogen boils and the ice cream freezes—all in the same container. A little science magic!
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension 2

For Students 9th - 12th
You scream, I scream! Young learners read this passage about ice cream flavors, then answer 13 questions about details from the reading. The questions address details from the text, vocabulary, and parts of speech. Use this activity to...
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Computer Science Unplugged

Tourist Town—Dominating Sets

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
As an introduction to using a network to determine the fewest number of nodes that meet a given condition, small groups work together to determine the fewest number of ice cream vans, and their locations, to be able to serve the people...
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Curated OER

Snack Smart, Move More

For Teachers 5th - 12th
What do lowfat yogurt, baby carrots, fresh fruit, and rice cakes have in common? They are all healthy snacks that can be eaten daily. Investigate healthy eating/snacking guidelines, learn how to make lowfat ice cream and practice some...
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Curated OER

Using Bar Graphs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
What's your favorite pizza topping? Scholars analyze two bar graphs, one depicting a math club's favorite pizza toppings and the other ice cream sales per flavor. As they examine the graphs, learners answer a few comprehension questions....
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Curated OER

Simple Tally Charts and Bar Graphs

For Students 1st Standards
Introduce your first graders to the world of tally marks, bar graphs, and the organization of data. Pupils determine a favorite ice cream flavor based on tally marks, then use a bar graph to answer some questions about sports. There are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Firefighters

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars read books, learn about the letter f, and eat ice cream all to learn about firefighters. In this fire fighters lesson plan, students also string beads to look like fire hose and visit a fire house.
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Curated OER

Amazing Salt

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the effects of salt on ice. In this salt lesson, students observe what happens to the temperature of ice when salt is added, then make ice cream to see how this knowledge can be used.
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Curated OER

We All Scream for Ice Cream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make ice cream while experimenting with the freezing point of water. They experiment with different amounts of salt.
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Curated OER

Ice Cream Science

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars review properties of matter and discuss how materials change when things are done to them. They observe how materials change as a reaction to temperature by following the procedure to make ice cream and recording the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ice Energy

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars explore how chemicals change water. In this chemical change instructional activity, students participate in an experiment to observe how salt effects ice and how ice cream freezes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ice Energy

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn how science affects foods. In this chemical reactions lesson, students make two kinds of ice cream. They evaluate the different changes based on the ingredients.
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Curated OER

Liquid and Solid Riddle Book

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this matter instructional activity, students complete four riddle questions regarding liquids and solids. Students read riddles about matter types and write their answer inside an ice cream cone.
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Curated OER

National Dairy Month

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make ice cream, make lists of dairy products, discuss cows, and more to celebrate National Dairy Month. In this dairy lesson plan, students also sing songs about dairy.
Worksheet
Curated OER

I is for Ice Cream-Coloring

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this letter i worksheet, students color a large upper and lower case letter I. A picture of an ice cream sundae appears at the top of the page; a reference web site is given for additional activities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ice Cream Cone Two Letter Sight Word Book

For Students K
In this word recognition worksheet set, students make a 5 page book of two letter sight words. They see 3 black line pictures of ice cream cones per page. They see words such as: as, an, be, by, do, and go.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Science Experiment: Scientific Process

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students will learn the scientific process by doing an experiment about how ice cream melts. There are 5 detailed questions to answer.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Screaming for Ice Cream

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Mathematicians investigate maximizing volume by learning to explore the problem in which they seek to maximize the volume of a cone.  Students solve the problem symbolically, graphically, and through the use of integration or...
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PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: The Snowy Day

For Parents K Standards
Scholars listen to a read-aloud of fiction and nonfiction books, The Snowy Day, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, and Snow Is Falling, written by Franklyn Branley and illustrated by Holly Keller, then take part in four creative...
Unit Plan
Carolina K-12

Active Citizenship in After School

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Active citizenship is the bedrock of any great democracy. Continue the trend by teaching the next generation about voting rights and the functions of elections in society. The variety of activities in the resource includes a human...
Unit Plan
Radford University

Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Who knew there were pyramids in China? Learners apply surface area and volume formulas to several different real-world situations. They calculate the volume and surface area of an aquarium, an ice cream cone, and Egyptian and Chinese...
Activity
US Department of Commerce

Featured Activity: City Planning With Census Data

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
What's more important ... an ice cream store or a police station? How about a school or a hospital? Using a simulation game, pupils allot resources as the federal government would based on the census. Discussion questions round out the...
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Tree Diagrams

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
With so many toppings to chose from, make the ice cream truck combinations a fun math problem that teaches your learners about outcomes. The video introduces a tree diagram that allows your mathematicians to see how to create...
Activity
Kindergarten Kindergarten

Living and Non-Living Sort

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What do an ice cream cone, bicycle, and alarm clock all have in common? That's exactly what young scientists will find out as sort these pictures and learn about the differences between living and non-living things.

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