Chemistry Classes Make Ice Cream
Kailee Ammons Feature Editor Chemistry class make homemade ice cream as an experiment. Photo credit Kailee Ammons . The Chemistry classes did a lab to understand how much energy is needed to conduct thermal change and phase change on Thursday, October 15. For this lab, students made ice cream by freezing a combination of ingredients and following directions on the lab worksheet. In this lab, the students mixed cream, sugar, and vanilla in a small plastic bag and sealed it well. Then, they put ice and rock salt in a large plastic bag. Finally, the students put the small bag inside the larger bag and carefully shook it until the consistency was equivalent to the texture of soft serve ice cream. After making the ice cream, students collected and recorded data to make charts, solve equations, and answer questions on the worksheet. “I did this last year and I had a lot of fun with it,” said Nicole Majerus, junior. “Everyone else’s ice cream was all melted an...