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Homemade Ice Cream - Sick Science! #041 Instructional VideoHomemade Ice Cream - Sick Science! #041 Instructional Video
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Steve Spangler Science
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1st - 6th
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Homemade Ice Cream - Sick Science! #041

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Here is the recipe for making ice cream in a couple of zip-top plastic bags. It is a fun way to demonstrate phase changes, especially when the weather is hot! Use this in your elementary science curriculum when introducing the states of matter.

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states of matter, matter, freezing points, ice cream, liquids, phase changes, solids

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