Who doesn't love ice cream? Make this delicious dessert with your class while learning about food preparation in the tenth lesson plan of this series. Teach about the importance of cleanliness and proper cooking techniques in order to avoid illness and the consumption of harmful chemicals. With older pupils, make interdisciplinary connections by providing smaller measuring cups, requiring an application of equivalent fractions to complete the recipe.

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preparing food, making ice cream, science

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Pros

• Making ice cream engages learners and allows them to practice safe food preparation
• Assesses understanding of safe food preparation by asking students to write a paragraph explaining the steps they took to make ice cream
• Ice cream recipe is provided in both English and Spanish

Cons

• Requires the teacher to explain each step for making ice cream

Common Core

W.1.2 W.2.2 W.3.2.a W.3.2.b W.3.2.c W.4.2.a W.4.2.b W.4.2.d W.5.2.a W.5.2.b W.5.2.d