Summer science projects for kids can be just fun…
Here is how to turn them into a “cool” science projects for kids!
Here is and idea for fun, “cool” science projects for kids to do in the summer. Whether they believe it or not, towards the end of the summer, kids start to get bored. Now, the kids who have not done any of their summer reading , will have plenty to do, but in general this is the time parents might be looking for summer science projects for kids to do to help pass the time until school gets started again. We are always on the lookout for new ideas for school science fair projects, so when I run across something, I can’t help but share it here!
Of course you will want any summer activity to be fun and not seem too much like school, so bringing in a favorite food is always a good plan. Add in something kids like a lot, like ice cream, will make it the “ice”-ing on the cake! For this project you do not have to make the kids line up and churn the ice cream machine, which as we all know, is fun at first, but quickly loses its appeal.
One great summer science project for kids: Make Ice Cream without a machine!
This works best with a couple of kids, as you will see why as you read, but it could be just as fun with one.
Ingredients:
1 cup heavy cream
½ cup whole milk
1/3 cup sugar
¾ teaspoon vanilla
Zipper lock kind of plastic bag– medium sized
Zipper lock freezer bag
2 ½ pounds of ice
1 ½ pounds of rock salt
Options:
other flavors besides vanilla,
crumbled cookies
sprinkles like you put on cookies
- Mix the cream, milk, sugar, vanilla and optional items and put in medium zipper lock bag. Be sure to whoosh the extra air out before you close it. To be safe, you can put in in a second bag, and whoosh the air out of that one too. (you can experiment one with the double bag, one without!)
- Fill the freezer bag with the ice and salt. Carefully, place the mixture bag in and whoosh the air and seal. Be sure when whooshing, not to break the mixture bag!
- Now the fun begins. For the next 15 minutes the kids will throw the bag around any which way, shake it, play catch with it, throw it up in the air and catch it on the way down. Pretty much anything but stomping on it will do, just as long as it is always moving in some fashion for 15 minutes.
- When 15 minutes is up, open it up and you should have some ice cream for a summer treat.
My advice for this “cool” science projects for kids is to have enough cream, milk and sugar on hand for several more batches, I can almost guarantee you they will want to do it again!
I can’t help myself, but as a science project I might try throwing the bag with ice around both indoors and outdoors in the sun to see if temperature makes a difference. My hunch is outdoors in the sun the ice might melt too soon so it might not work as well, but I am not sure! That is where it could turn into a summer science project for kids, as you will change things from one batch to the next!
You never know, cool summer projects for kids could turn into a full fledged school science fair project where you compare the different methods, or use different flavors, or does it work with “light” cream, half n half , whole milk or 2%?
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PS— Turn this same idea around to winter and times when there are lots of snow days.…..
You can read the complete article I found on making ice cream without a machine by clicking here.
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