Nano Ice Cream

Overview
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Overview

Description:

Nano Ice Cream is a public presentation demonstrating how liquid nitrogen cools a creamy mixture at such a rapid rate that it precipitates super fine grained (nano) ice cream.

Objectives

Big Idea:

Learn how liquid nitrogen cools the ice cream at such a rapid rate that it precipitates super fine-grained (nano) ice cream.

Learning goals:

Liquid Nitrogen cools the cream at such a rapid rate that it precipitates super fine-grained crystals that are nanosized.
Nano is very, very small.

Universal design:

Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.

Provide physical and sensory access to all aspects of the program. Visitors can touch, see and hear different elements of the program.

Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

Owning institution:

Museum of Life + Science

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

Fundamentals

Audience

All ages

Permissions

Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Standards

Physical science:

K-4: Properties of objects and materials

5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter

9-12: Structure and properties of matter

Science as inquiry:

K-4: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

5-8: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

Resources

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Files:

Nano Ice Cream Program Lesson Plan

Evaluations

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

The Liquid Nitrogen Nano Ice Cream activity was conducted with visitors at the Science Museum of Minnesota in March of 2010. A total of 12 visitors provided feedback through a survey designed to measure engagement with and comprehension of the activity. Read more