In this fun, interactive, hands-on, and tasty science class, your students will utilize the scientific method while making their own ice cream. Students' ice cream making will be the conduit whereby they will witness and explore changing states of matter. 

Specific topics covered include:  
✦ identifying the 3 states of matter 
✦ understanding how matter can change forms
✦ applying the steps of the scientific method as true scientists do
✦ utilizing the 6 science process skills: observing, communicating, classifying, inferring, measuring, and predicting.

Although this class is geared towards elementary students and has a huge focus on fun, there is a true emphasis on allowing students to function as real scientists do. My philosophy is that fun and authentic learning should be congruent. They should never be mutually exclusive. I further believe in valuing student input and questions, respecting students' various learning  styles, and creating a welcoming, comfortable, and safe environment where all students feel comfortable to participate, ask questions, and share information.

There is no prior background knowledge required to participate in this class.

At the end of this class, students will enjoy eating the ice cream that they made!

Siblings: You must purchase a separate enrollment for each child that is participating, even if two children are working on the same device. This is an Outschool Policy.