In the 2007-2008 school year I created a quarter project for my chemistry students where they had to research and present a chemical demonstration. I did this for several reasons: first it got me both a lab-type and partner opportunity in one project, next it gave the students and me a chance to see some demonstrations that don't really fit into the curriculum, and finally I wanted them to better appreciate the work that I personally put into doing my demonstrations. Overall the project was a success and we all enjoyed the new demonstrations. The project has been slightly modified, but has become a permanent part of my curriculum (these videos are from the 08-09 school year).
In these videos I've tried my best to film the performance of the demonstration. The explanation of it was given by the students to their peers in a lecture format as a part of the project, but has not been filmed. I will do my best to explain briefly how the demonstration works, but feel free to ask questions.
In this demonstration two students make creamy ice cream with liquid nitrogen.
is it safe for us to eat ?
PrincessMisch 1 year ago
@PrincessMisch You have to wait until all of the liquid nitrogen has boiled off and it is better to let it warm up a little, but otherwise yes. We ate this batch after the video was filmed. I've had students preform this demonstration three years in a row now and we've consumed it every time (the two years that strawberries were added they were almost too hard/frozen to bite comfortably).
"Brain freeze" is a little bigger issue with this method.
As a side note, Dippin' Dots are made using LN2.
mrericsully 1 year ago 2