I scream, you scream, we all scream, for the Science of Ice Cream!

That's right, this week the Goza Science teachers in 6th grade teamed up with Dr. Angela Douglass and her Science for Elementary/Middle School teachers at Ouachita Baptist University to explore this concept with students. Students worked together using a few ingredients of milk, sugar, vanilla extract, ice, and salt to create ice cream. Some students hypothesized that this could not be done, while others hypothesized that if enough heat could be removed from the liquid mixture, it might be possible. The science students soon discovered the secret to making ice cream is to lower the freezing point of ice so it can freeze the milk. So what is the special ingredient that can make this happen? SALT! Once heat is removed then VIOLA... Ice Cream! Who knew science could be so fun?? Well, we did, of course! And tasty!

Goza’s 7th-grade students made a two-part field trip to the Arkansas Heritage Museum and the Old State House Museum in Little Rock February 28.

At the Arkansas Heritage Museum, students learned about the lives of pioneers in Arkansas, and participated in the Hidden Histories Tour. They sang songs that enslaved African Americans sang, and played musical instruments that they played. They also learned how antique printing presses were operated. Students assessed printed sales records of pre-Civil War era times, and then evaluated how advertisements for people and things were similar during times of slavery. They also listened to slave narratives and viewed the kinds of clothing that enslaved people would have worn.

At the Old State House Museum, students learned about early Native Americans in Arkansas, and were taught how to create replicas of clay vessels.