How People Make Ice Cream
From Mister Rogers' Neighborhood · 2000
5 minPre-KK1st2nd3rdSocial Studies
Summary
Mr. McFeely brings Mister Rogers a film about how ice cream is made — from the mixing and freezing right through to the carton. Five minutes, real workers, real machines: an easy “where does it come from?” starter.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A short factory film about a very popular product.
- What are the steps in making ice cream?
- Which parts do people do and which parts do machines do?
- What ingredients does ice cream start as?
- What other food would you like to see made?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: ingredient, mix, freeze, carton, factory.
Try it: Draw the ice-cream steps in order and number them.
Try it: Pick a food in your lunch and list two steps it took to get to you.