Family Science: Make Ice Cream!

 Let’s make ice cream!  Yes, this can be an experiment!  Start with this Chemmatters Article, Ice Cream and Chemistry.  Here are instructions for making ice cream in plastic bags.  Use rock salt and shake it for a lonnnnng time.  Here is a detailed ice cream lab, for teens, incorporating the colligative property, freezing point depression.  Here are instructions for making ice cream in cans.  Wear gloves to avoid frostbite.  Let’s take something fun and explore the underlying science.  Younger kids may not understand freezing point depression.  They will associate fun with science.