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Nano Ice Cream

[1] : Facilitated activity [2]

Nano Ice Cream

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Overview
Nano Ice Cream
Brad Herring [4]
NISE Network product
image/png iconPicture_3.png [5]

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 [6]

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed
Peer reviewed? check_reviewed
Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

[7]

Audience

[8]

Tags

[9], [10], [11], [12]

Permissions

Creative Commons license image [13]
Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Facilitated activity

Nano topics: 

Fundamentals

Audience: 

All ages

Content keywords: 

ice cream
liquid nitrogen
fundamentals
nucleation

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

0

K-12: 

0
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
Download zip file [3]

Download all files (ZIP) [3]

Files: 

application/msword iconNano Ice Cream Program Lesson Plan [14]
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Comments
Source URL: http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/nano_ice_cream

Links:
[1] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs
[2] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/programs/facilitated_activity
[3] http://www.nisenet.org/node/3755/filefield_compress/all
[4] http://www.nisenet.org/users/brad-herring
[5] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/Picture_3.png
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/community/organizations/museum-life-science
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/fundamentals
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/all_ages
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/ice-cream
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/liquid-nitrogen
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/fundamentals
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nucleation
[13] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[14] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/catalog/uploads/3755/NanoIceCream_LessonPlan_Sep10.doc