There has been lots of snow so we decided that we would put it to good use by making some ice cream this week. Students measured the milk, sugar and vanilla and put it into a small ziploc bag.
They put the little ziploc in a larger ziploc and added some salt to the bag.
Next they had to go to the snow table and add a scoop of snow to the bag and seal it up.
After that, they returned to their table and shook it all up. It took about 5 minutes and another scoop of snow before it was all done.
It was a cold job, so most of them went to put on mittens to keep their hands warm. Some of them thought they needed their hats too.
Finally, everyone got to sample their experiment. TASTY STUFF. A big thank you to Mrs. Phinney for staying to help with this chilly experiment.
Here is the recipe for the ziploc ice cream if you want to try it at home. I couldn't find the original source for the recipe. (I googled it years ago)
Ziploc Ice Cream
- 1/2
cup milk (doesn't matter what kind, but I used Whole Milk)
- 1
Tablespoon sugar
- 1/4
teaspoon vanilla or other flavor
1. Add ingredients to snack size
ziploc bag and zip shut.
2. Place that bag in larger ziploc bag (sandwich size).
3. Add ice or snow to fill bag 1/2 way and 6 Tablespoons of salt (coarse salt works best).
4. Zip that one shut and shake, turn, toss, and mix the bag. In about 5-10
minutes you will have cold hands and yummy ice cream.
Do not double recipe!! Kids may want to use mittens to do this!
NOTE: You may need to put an additional large ziploc bag over the one
containing the salt and ice since they tend to spring leaks once you get into
the shaking it up.
We made a mural of 100 animals that we cut out and glued on a BIG piece of paper. We played 100 board game race where they rolled the dice and then bingo dabbed their way to 100.
We counted 100 pieces of lego and then created something with those pieces. We painted a picture using q-tips and paint and counted by 10's to 100. 
We made ice cream in JK too this week. It was cold work and we needed our mittens but the results were worth it. You can find the recipe and more pictures in the previous blog entry.
After that, they returned to their table and shook it all up. It took about 5 minutes and another scoop of snow before it was all done.
It appears that winter is really settling in. We have decided to take advantage of the ice and snow to ask some questions and do some experiments with snow. We have been bringing in snow each day to experiment with and watch what happens to it as the day progresses. It's cold work and so the children need to wear their mittens while they are at the snow table.
