English - Ice Cream
Audio
Total Meltdown: The Rate of Ice Cream Collapse - An interview from NPR's Science Friday about an ice cream sandwich from Walmart that retained its shape even though it was left out in the hot sun
Art
Art Kaleidoscope. (2015-2023). Ice cream in painting. Art Kaleidoscope: Between Art & Craft. Retrieved Jul. 24, 2023 from https://vsemart.com/ice-cream-in-painting/#google_vignette
The Periodic Table of Flavors 2022 - This company represented its ice cream flavors as a periodic table
Articles
Butterworth, William. (2022, Oct. 29). Why is ice cream so expensive? (10 reasons) The Cold Wire. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2023 from https://www.thecoldwire.com/why-is-ice-cream-so-expensive/
Chandler, Nathan. (n.d.). Insect ice cream could be coming to your grocery store. How Stuff Works. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-science/insect-ice-cream.htm
The Guardian. (2005, Apr. 29). How ice cream tickles your brain. The Guardian. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2023 from https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/29/health.science
(2012, Mar. 5). Häagen Dazs Ice Cream 'As Addictive As Drugs', Research Suggests. HuffPost. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2023 from https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/05/hagen-dazs-ice-cream-is-addictive-as-drugs_n_1320891.html
Newsela Articles (Requires premium subscription)
(2019, Dec. 3). Activity: How to make ice cream. Cricket Media. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noondl08e40iqj9zvtree1/?levelId=cl2t8jgkg00030cotl0nwt7o7
(2022, Dec. 8). Before the Greensboro Four, there was Durham's Royal Seven. The News & Observer. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cla00fzyp00073b6azco957tj/?levelId=cla00jzex29l209os2vaeas4f [Available only to Premium Newsela subscribers]
(2017, Aug. 15). Big questions: Why do we get brain freeze from eating ice cream? Tribune Content Agency. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noogsb04j80iqjspl06ev9/
Barba, Jacqueline. (2017, May 2). Dream jobs: Ice cream art director. Newsela. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noofy8043f0iqjncevqvw0/
(2016, Dec. 22). Dream jobs: Ice cream maker. The Guardian. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9nooe4m03000iqjy216n265/
Katz, Brigit. (2016, Dec. 22). Fake sprinkles at Miami's Museum of Ice Cream can hurt marine life. The Smithsonian.com. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9nooi5x05cx0iqjl60d3l54/?levelId=ck7ecwh2k0si714p7m6d8hklf
(2020, Sept. 4). Fighting stigma with ice cream at Sikia cafe. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ckf7gz5yw000a3gptbk9w2qjy/
(2023, Jul. 4). George & Martha Washington were early fans of ice cream at Mount Vernon estate. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cliv6rr4j003h3b6bhiy9b6go/?levelId=cliv72xki44xs08ok5bnye1za [Available without Premium]
(2017, Jun. 27). George Washington, not Ben & Jerry's, made ice cream popular in America. The Washington Post. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noogi404da0iqjdlad0sr7/?levelId=ck7ecvy900mvh14p7r5ra72os
(2017, Jun. 27). I scream, you scream: America's love affair with ice cream. Washington Post. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://www.cjcollegeprep.org/2017-2018/summer/ELA/Grade%208%20-%20Summer%20Reading%20Week%203.pdf (PDF copy)
(2020, Nov. 2). Ice cream around the world. Cricket Media. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ckgbm621i00153gmq2hvf4121/
(2019, May 19). Ice cream shop influenced by the flavors of India opens in Brooklyn. New York Magazine. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noolbt077v0iqjynz9v9g0/?levelId=ck7ecxdre124h14p7s1ihouo4
(2019, Aug. 22). Insect ice cream could be coming to your grocery store. How Stuff Works. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noomg707vq0iqjtahmezmf/
(2020, Sept. 29). Japan is combatting rural decline with a national network of ice cream. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ckfd72etr000c3dl8sxhpdw6q/
(2018, Sept. 9). London-based company says it has created a longer lasting frozen pop. The Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2023 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noojsg06b00iqjj0getp5x/?levelId=ck7ecwx5r0x9h14p78qpatakg
Dunn, Marcia. (2017, Aug. 16). Space-X launches experiments, ice cream to space station. Associated Press. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9nooguv04kr0iqjhpt9593g/?levelId=ck7ecw2gb0o4g14p7ddq0cnxr
(2022, Oct. 9). Why is my ice cream cone so expensive? An inflation explainer. Forbes. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cl7f1jy2300083b690qdhl2d5/
(2019, Dec. 3). Activity: How to make ice cream. Cricket Media. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noondl08e40iqj9zvtree1/?levelId=cl2t8jgkg00030cotl0nwt7o7
(2022, Dec. 8). Before the Greensboro Four, there was Durham's Royal Seven. The News & Observer. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cla00fzyp00073b6azco957tj/?levelId=cla00jzex29l209os2vaeas4f [Available only to Premium Newsela subscribers]
(2017, Aug. 15). Big questions: Why do we get brain freeze from eating ice cream? Tribune Content Agency. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noogsb04j80iqjspl06ev9/
Barba, Jacqueline. (2017, May 2). Dream jobs: Ice cream art director. Newsela. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noofy8043f0iqjncevqvw0/
(2016, Dec. 22). Dream jobs: Ice cream maker. The Guardian. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9nooe4m03000iqjy216n265/
Katz, Brigit. (2016, Dec. 22). Fake sprinkles at Miami's Museum of Ice Cream can hurt marine life. The Smithsonian.com. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9nooi5x05cx0iqjl60d3l54/?levelId=ck7ecwh2k0si714p7m6d8hklf
(2020, Sept. 4). Fighting stigma with ice cream at Sikia cafe. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ckf7gz5yw000a3gptbk9w2qjy/
(2023, Jul. 4). George & Martha Washington were early fans of ice cream at Mount Vernon estate. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cliv6rr4j003h3b6bhiy9b6go/?levelId=cliv72xki44xs08ok5bnye1za [Available without Premium]
(2017, Jun. 27). George Washington, not Ben & Jerry's, made ice cream popular in America. The Washington Post. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noogi404da0iqjdlad0sr7/?levelId=ck7ecvy900mvh14p7r5ra72os
(2017, Jun. 27). I scream, you scream: America's love affair with ice cream. Washington Post. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://www.cjcollegeprep.org/2017-2018/summer/ELA/Grade%208%20-%20Summer%20Reading%20Week%203.pdf (PDF copy)
(2020, Nov. 2). Ice cream around the world. Cricket Media. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ckgbm621i00153gmq2hvf4121/
(2019, May 19). Ice cream shop influenced by the flavors of India opens in Brooklyn. New York Magazine. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noolbt077v0iqjynz9v9g0/?levelId=ck7ecxdre124h14p7s1ihouo4
(2019, Aug. 22). Insect ice cream could be coming to your grocery store. How Stuff Works. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noomg707vq0iqjtahmezmf/
(2020, Sept. 29). Japan is combatting rural decline with a national network of ice cream. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ckfd72etr000c3dl8sxhpdw6q/
(2018, Sept. 9). London-based company says it has created a longer lasting frozen pop. The Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2023 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9noojsg06b00iqjj0getp5x/?levelId=ck7ecwx5r0x9h14p78qpatakg
Dunn, Marcia. (2017, Aug. 16). Space-X launches experiments, ice cream to space station. Associated Press. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/ck9nooguv04kr0iqjhpt9593g/?levelId=ck7ecw2gb0o4g14p7ddq0cnxr
(2022, Oct. 9). Why is my ice cream cone so expensive? An inflation explainer. Forbes. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cl7f1jy2300083b690qdhl2d5/
Reuters. (2009, Sept. 14). Ice-cream and burgers can control your brain: Study. Reuters Life. Retrieved Jul. 23, 2023 from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-icecream-brain/ice-cream-and-burgers-can-control-your-brain-study-idUSTRE58E0W320090915
Milgram-Elcott, Talia. (2022, Aug. 22). An inflation explainer for teachers and everyone else (aka--Why is my ice-cream cone so expensive?) Forbes.com. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2023 from https://www.forbes.com/sites/taliamilgromelcott/2022/08/22/why-is-my-ice-cream-cone-so-expensive-an-inflation-explainer-for-teachers-and-everyone-else/?sh=1cf6aa27587b
Psychologos Admin. (2023, Jun. 1). The psychology behind eating the ice cream. Psychologos. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2023 from https://www.psychologs.com/the-psychology-behind-eating-the-ice-cream/#:~:text=The%20orbitofrontal%20cortex%20begins%20to,bodies%20raise%20our%20mood%20levels.
Definitions
What is ice cream? - A 1:00 min. informational video in English about the composition of ice cream
Experiments / Science Labs
Ice Cream Science - A quick and easy ice cream making lab with limited mess (made from mini coffee creamers)
Instant Ice Cream (from the Science Museum Group) - A 4-page, colored PDF with an explanation of how ice cream forms on the first two pages, and a series of visual steps for making instant ice cream without a freezer on the last two pages
Use Engineering to Design the Perfect Ice Cream - A science lab in which students must research how ice cream forms, make hypotheses, and rapidly prototype ice cream to create the best version
Historical Info.
(2022, Dec. 8). Before the Greensboro Four, there was Durham's Royal Seven. The News & Observer. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2024 from https://newsela.com/view/cla00fzyp00073b6azco957tj/?levelId=cla00jzex29l209os2vaeas4f [Available only to Premium Newsela subscribers]
Images
Children's Favorites: Ice Cream Around the World - A photo collection of 30 images of ice cream from around the world
Infographics
Foods Linked to Addictive Eating Behaviors - An infographic that shows foods most commonly linked to addictive eating behaviors that is based on a survey of 120 undergraduates conducted by nutritionists
Ice Cream v. Gelato - A simple infographic that distinguishes between the two based on serving tool, temperature, dairy, fat, air, eggs, texture, and flavor
Ice Cream Melts from 2000 to 2021 - An infographic from the USDA that claims ice cream consumption dropped between 2000 and 2021
Informational Texts
Ice Cream: The Full Scoop (about the history of ice cream)
Let's Find Out About Ice Cream by Mary Ebeltoft Reid with photos by John Williams - A children's book with one or two simple sentences on each page that explain the process of how ice cream is made from farm to table.
The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution
Music (see also Songs on this page)
Narrative Texts
Ice Cream Bear by Jez Alborough - A rhyming story with one or two sentences in simple English on each page that tells the story of a bear who thinks that someone has stolen all of his ice cream (which he loves), and then how he wakes up to discover that it is snowing and that it was all a dream
Ice Cream Summer by Peter Sis
Ice Cream Work by Naoshi - An imaginative children's book in English (illustrated with sand art) that shows all the different jobs a man shaped like an ice cream cone does throughout the week. The book discusses days of the week, professions, qualifications, and payment (in terms of number of ice cream cones)
Max Drives Away - A story about a little boy who wants ice cream for breakfast and drives to Grandma's house when his sister tells him no
Sari-Sari Summers - A little girl has a great idea for bringing people to her grandmother's store despite the heat
The Sundae Scoop (about math)
The Girl and the Ice Cream Truck - A story about a little girl stuck in the middle of winter who thinks it must be time for summer when she sees an ice cream truck
The Ice Cream Vanishes - A story about an animal who is convinced he has magical powers when the ice cream he left sitting on a hot rock vanishes
Vanilla Ice Cream - A sparrow travels across the world and connects with a young girl at a cafe in a way that helps everyone notice small, simple moments of joy
Printables
Recipes
Science Info.
Ice Cream Science - An outstanding, simple, breakdown of the science behind ice cream with pictures
Science Behind Walmart's ‘Non-Melting’ Ice Cream | Consumer Reports - An interesting, 3:08 min. news report about why some ice cream sandwiches melt faster than others
The Cold, Hard Science Behind Ice Cream - A very good, short article, written for third and fourth graders, that explains the science of ice cream in clear, simple language
THE SCIENCE BEHIND ICE CREAM & AIR: mass, density & force [learn science through food and cooking] (from BiteScized Education) - An 11:02 min. video that gets into the math behind the relationships between ice cream density, weight, and mass of less vs. more expensive ice creams
Scientific Ice Cream - A very good 1:11 min. video that explains the basic science behind how ice cream is formed (and includes info. on the freezing process)
The Science Behind Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream - A 3:15 min. video in English (with a talk show format)
The Strangely Scientific Endeavor of Making Ice Cream (from The Smithsonian) - A very interesting article that compares various parts of the ice cream making process with their similarities to other natural phenomena such as rock formation, how animals survive in sub-zero weather, etc.
There's Science Inside Your Ice Cream and it Tastes Delicious - A very comprehensive, scientific 3:31 min. video that explains the chemistry behind ice cream (best for secondary students)
Songs
Do Cats Eat Ice Cream - A 2:46 min. music video of the song that makes the song really comprehensible (great for teaching "Do you like?" foods, and animals)
Drip Drip Ice Cream by Tiptoe Giants - A 1:38 min. recording of the song in British English
Hannah Montana - Ice Cream Freeze - A 3:00 min. karaoke music video of the dance/song
Ice Cream by Asheba - A 3:54 min. audio recording of the song
I Scream, You Scream--We All Scream for Ice Cream by Waring's Pennsylvanians - A 2:31 min. recording of the famous song from the 1920s
I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream) by Steve Waddell - A 4:23 min. recording of the famous song with a lengthy jazz band intro. before the lyrics begin
Mika ice-cream (lyrics) - A 2:46 min. audio recording of the song with lyrics displayed on the screen
Sarah McLachlan — Ice Cream (Afterglow Live) HD - A 3:45 min. video of the singer performing the song
Tydus - Ice Cream (Official Music Video) - A 2:23 min. video in which a 4-year-old boy sings about his favorite flavors of ice cream
Stories
Curious World-Books-Curious George and the Ice Cream Surprise-H A Rey - A 6:57 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English with each word highlighted in yellow as it is read
Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop - A 7:37 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English
Dragons Love Ice Cream Video - A 3:30 min. read aloud of the book in English (includes mentions of body parts, colors, flavors, liquids and solids, mealtimes, numbers, toppings)
Dragons Love Ice Cream! by Georgina Wren (Read Aloud) Books for Kids - Storytime - A 1:13 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English
George's Ice Cream Trophy 🍦 Curious George 🐵 Kids Cartoon 🐵 Kids Movies - A 56:54 min. animated video from the TV show
Gorilla Loves Vanilla - A 5:49 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English
Ice Cream for Everyone | READ ALOUD | Storytime for kids - A 5:50 min. video that celebrates diversity
The Homestead Museum Reads The Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger - A 2:42 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English
Ms. Corina Summer Storytime 005 - I Like You More Than Ice Cream By Brick Puffinton - A 1:32 min. read-aloud of the story in English
🍦 ICE CREAM FACE by Heidi Woodward Sheffield : Kids Books Read Aloud - A 3:20 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English
6yo - Isaac’s Ice Cream Tree - A 14:18 min. read-aloud of the book by a 6-year-old child with a British accent
SPLAT THE CAT : I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM By Rob Scotton, Rick Farley, Laura Driscoll, and Robert Eberz - A 5:24 min. read-aloud of the book in English
The Boy Who Couldn't Enjoy Ice Cream - An 0:39 video short about a little boy's special powers and how they disrupt his ability to enjoy ice cream (created by multilingual learners)
🍨 The Little Ice Cream Truck - Read Aloud Children's Book - A 2:25 min. read-aloud of the children's book in English
Videos
We All Scream For Ice Cream (clip) - A 0:40-second clip of a conversation between a little boy and his father about whether or not he should eat an ice cream bar (with a surprise ending)