Home School Science Experiment Gone Yummy!

This week the boys are learning the 3 elements and the difference between a solution and a mixture... So I thought I would have a super fun Science experiment with them!!

Were gonna turn a liquid into a solid and combine a solute and a solvent to make a solution all in one YUMMY experiment!!

Solution: Milk and sugar
Mixture: Salt and Ice

This is what we need:


1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup milk or half & half
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons rock salt
1 pint-size plastic food storage bag (e.g., Ziploc)
1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
Ice cubes


It's ice cream!

This is how we do it;


Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
Place the small bag inside the large one, and seal it again carefully.
Shake until the mixture is ice cream, which takes about 5 minutes.
Open and enjoy!