Ice Cream

Brought to you by: Russell Klein, Siena Edwards, and Carson Chin

Introduciton:

Thermodynamics is a part of chemistry and physics about energy conversion in the form of heat. When matter (In this case ice cream) loses energy, it loses heat, and when matter loses energy in the form of heat, it gets colder. Eventually, after hitting what is known as a boiling or melting point, the matter actually changes from one state to another.The melting point or freezing point is the temperature at which water turns into ice or ice turns into water, respectively. Salt can cause a mixture to decrease its melting or freezing point so it requires less energy to melt it!

Now it's time to observe science by the following experiment to make ice cream!

Things You'll Need:

1 Gallon Sized Bag
1 Quart Sized Bag
1/2 Cup of Heavy Cream
2 Teaspoons Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1/3 Cup of Salt
3 Cups of Ice
Toppings of Choice

Procedure:

Add heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla (or other flavor) into quart sized bag.
Seal the quart sized bag.
Add ice and salt to gallon sized bag.
Place quart-sized bag into gallon sized bag.
Seal the gallon sized bag.
Shake for 5 minutes or until the ice cream seems ready.
Remove quart sized bag and then transfer the contents into a bowl and enjoy with your favorite toppings.

Here's an Easy-To-Follow-Along Video!!

Make sure NOT to consume the salt on the exterior of the small bag or inside the big bag. Careful while handling ice as it is quite cold.

Enjoy!

Bibliography:

Lucas, J. (n.d.). What Is Thermodynamics?. In Live Science. Retrieved from https://www.livescience.com/50776- thermodynamics.html#:~:text=Thermodynamics%20is%20the%20branch%20of,and%20how%20it%20affects%20matter.

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