Who would have thought that learning could be so much fun!
We started our new topic this week, called Kitchen Chemistry. As part of this, Room 4 have been learning about the states of matter - solid, liquid and gas, and how these can be changed.
We watched a short DVD which showed an experiment, making ice-cream within about 15 minutes. As we had several non-believers who did not think this could work, everyone was delighted to have a go and see for themselves.
For those of you at home who would like to give this a go, here's our method:
Take one small sealable plastic bag.
Inside place 1/2 cup milk, 1 heaped Tablespoon of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla essence.
Seal the bag.
Inside a larger sealable plastic bag place some ice and 3/4 of a cup of salt. Put the small bag with the milk mixture inside the larger bag with the ice and salt and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE......
Room 4 students - your challenge is to change this recipe in some way at home (maybe add something or leave something out and see what happens), then tell us all about it.
Measuring and preparing the ingredients. Our liquid is now ready for the next stage.
SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE .............
It worked!!! We now have SOLID ice-cream.
Time to sample the finished product - Mmmmmmmmmmm. Delicious.
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