Reflection of Science Night

ICE ICE BABY

Last Thursday afternoon , I attended Los Medanos Elementary's Math and Science night with the rest of my classmates. From the  many interesting topics we found  for the booth, we chose to make ice cream utilizing simple house-hold materials including milk, sea salt, ice, sugar, and vanilla extract. My role in this project was actually doing a bit of everything; from buying some of the materials to helping make the actual ice cream solution, coming up with our name, having the music playing in the background,  and even interacting with the kids themselves by showing them how to turn it into actual ice cream and  teaching them the science behind it.

From this experience, I believe I learned how people tend to behave, especially children ,who for the most part are very influenced  by others. For example, by hearing or watching other kids around them  go to a specific booth, they decided to follow as well. I also gained the ability to interact with strangers, show them new things in the process. My organization and planning skills were also definitely put into practice, as together as a group we gathered up all the supplies and planned out how everything would turn out.

If I were to provide any advice for those next year who would like to make their own ice cream booth, I would definitely recommend not underestimating your supplies, especially the salt and ice required. If so, bring double what you think you would need, just in case. It would also be helpful to make all of your ice cream solutions beforehand so as not to be rushing or worrying hallway through that you ran out or there is too many kids at once waiting.  An ice bucket would probably also come in handy.

Overall, I believe it was a success even if we may have ran out of salt in the end and it was getting harder to turn it into actual ice cream. A lot of the children had never actually made ice cream so it was a very nice experience for a large majority of them. Everyone was very cooperative and open-minded; making it all exciting by smiling, jumping, and asking numerous questions. Both parents and the children, themselves were very shocked and interested in the ingredients utilized and the  process they underwent.

P.S. the struggle was real.