Ben and Jerry's
Contains games,  and art and crafts
  http://www.benjerry.com/

University of Guelph 
For a more academic take on ice cream, visit the University of Guelph's Dairy Science and Technology page.  Here you can study a schematic of cocoa processing and learn more about ice cream defects, including the loathsome phenomenon of "ice cream shrinkage," in which the dessert pulls away from the walls of its container.
http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/icecream.html

Visit this website, then answer the questions below:

Answer these questions:

1. How much money do Americans spend each year on ice cream?
2. Why is air a necessary ingredient in ice cream?
   

Online Activities                                          Top of Page

1.  Use this chart and the web site below to compare the nutritional information on different varieties of ice cream:    

Breyers  http://www.icecreamusa.com/breyers/index.html

Make a time line of some of the historical ice cream events in America. Include a picture for each event.

• Here's the Scoop  http://www.heresthescoop.com/history.html
• Ice Cream History and Folklore http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/ichist.html

3.  At this site you can build your own ice cream sundae.   http://www.icecreamusa.com/vrsundae/index.html

4.  Mail a Meal Send an ice cream e-mail http://www.mailameal.com/icecream.html

5.  Order Astronaunt Ice Cream http://www.spaceplace.net/spaceplace/asicecream1.html (Cost $2.50)

6.  Making Ice Cream in 15 Minutes http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/445.html

7.  Easy Ice Cream Labs K-12  http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/433.html

Stories                                        Top of Page

At this site read the history behind the ice cream cone. Then have students think about how they might change the design of the ice cream cone. Does it need to be . .

... bigger to hold more ice cream?
... more stable so it won't fall over?
... made in different flavors, colors, or from different ingredients?
... an easier shape to hold?
... a new "dropless" design?

Have students sketch the cone they have invented. Label any additions they have made, then color the drawing.

Lesson Plans                                                Top of Page

1. Making Ice Cream  http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/454.html