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Grade Lesson Plan
States of Matter: Making Ice Cream
Standards:
1.a. Students know solids, liquids, and gases have different properties.
b. Students know the properties of substances can change when the substances are mixed,
cooled, or heated.
Suggested time allotment: 45 minutes
Anticipatory Set (Engage):
Can matter change from one state to another? What would happen if I put this water on the
stove? What would happen to the water? What if I put it in the freezer? What state of matter
would it be in? Can we change the state of matter by mixing them together? Let’s experiment
and find out.
Objective:
Review states of matter.
To experiment with solids and liquids to create a new (and yummy!) mixture.
Background:
Different objects (types of matter) can be mixed together. A mixture is two or more things put
together – like salads, soups, cakes, etc. Some mixtures can be easily separated – like picking
the tomatoes out of your salad. Some mixtures are hard to separate – like separating the
chocolate from your chocolate milk. When a solid (like chocolate powder) completely mixes
with a liquid (like milk), we say that the solid has completely dissolved into the liquid.
Some objects can be mixed together to create something completely new. We can use a solid
and a liquid to create a gas (like the air we breathe – CO
2
) or we can use different liquids to
create a solid. If we change the temperature of some objects, we can create something
completely new like ice cream. Heating an object can evaporate it (if it’s a liquid) or melt it (if
it’s a solid). By cooling or taking heat away from a liquid, we can freeze it or turn the liquid into
a solid, like ice cream!
Materials:
Spoons
Paper towels
Half & half cream
Sugar
Vanilla Extract
Quart Ziploc bags
Coffee Cans
Ice
Salt
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Changing Matter Worksheet