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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Facts 3 History Webquest 5 Composition Most Popular Flavors 11 Top 10 Ice Cream Consuming Countries 13 Ice Cream Science Brain Freeze 15 How Do Colors and Material Affect Melting? 17 Why Does Salt Make Ice Cream Cold? 19 Language Arts Poem 20 Acrostic 21 Gross Flavors 22 Directions: How to make a banana split/ milk shake/sundae 23 Ice Cream Stationery 25 Craft 29 Recipes 31 Jokes 36 Books 37 Links 39 Answer Keys 44 TheTeachersDesk.info Page 1 of 1 Ice Cream

2 FUN FACTS The largest sundae was twelve feet tall. It was made in Anaheim, California with over 4,500 pounds of ice cream and 7,000 pounds of toppings. Dumb Law in Alabama: You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. It takes approximately 1.4 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream. The first ice cream parlor opened in New York City in George Washington liked ice cream so much he reportedly had a bill for $200 for ice cream one summer. Dolly Madison created a sensation when she served ice cream at a White House inaugural ball in Each American eats an average of 23 quarts of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, ices and other frozen dairy products per year. The top three cities in America that purchase the most ice cream per person are: Portland, Oregon St. Louis, Missouri Seattle, Washington More ice cream is sold on Sunday than any other day of the week. TheTeachersDesk.info Page 1 of 2 Ice Cream Facts

3 Ice cream consumption is highest during July and August. July is National Ice Cream Month. Children ages two through 12, and adults age 45 plus, eat the most ice cream per person. The average number of licks to polish off a single scoop ice cream cone is approximately percent of all households purchase ice cream. TheTeachersDesk.info Page 2 of 2 Ice Cream Facts

4 Ice Cream History Webquest Find events in the history of ice cream here. Cut the labels on the next page and paste them beside the date they occurred. 62 A.D TheTeachersDesk.info Page 1 of 5 Ice Cream Webquest

5 The first frozen dessert is credited to Emperor Nero of Rome. It was a mixture of snow (which he sent his slaves into the mountains to retrieve) and nectar, fruit pulp and honey. Ice cream cone invention at the World's Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor didn't have enough dishes to keep up with demand, so he teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his product into "cornucopias." Italo Marchiony sold his homemade ice cream from a pushcart on Wall Street. He reduced his overhead (costs) caused by customers breaking or wandering off with his serving glasses by baking edible waffle cups with sloping sides with a flat bottom. Dolley Madison served ice cream as a dessert in the White House. TheTeachersDesk.info Page 2 of 5 Ice Cream Webquest

6 Governor Bladen of Maryland served ice cream to his guests. The first commercial ice cream plant was established in Baltimore. The first ice cream parlor in America opened in New York City. TheTeachersDesk.info Page 3 of 5 Ice Cream Webquest

7 Ice Cream History Webquest Worksheet 1. Marco Polo was said to have brought water ice recipes from Asia in which century? 3 rd 12 th 13 th 18 th 2. Which ingredients were NOT used in Marco Polo's recipes for water ice? nectar milk cream fruit pulp honey ice chocolate 3. What does overhead mean in the following sentence? (Hint: read the labels on your timeline) He reduced his overhead caused by customers breaking or wandering off with his serving glasses by baking edible waffle cups with sloping sides with a flat bottom. an umbrella or canopy 4. How was the ice cream soda created? the costs of running a business by an inventor by a cook by substituting an ingredient 5. When ice cream was used instead of carbonated water for an ice cream soda, how did that affect sales? no difference increased from $6 to $600 decreased from $600 to $6 TheTeachersDesk.info Page 4 of 5 Ice Cream Webquest