Gathering+Data+Through+All+Senses

=THE 5 SENSES=
 * ===== ﻿ Sight=====
 * Smell
 * Hear
 * Touch
 * Taste

The most recent project that we were assigned in class was the scientific lab report digital story. Ms. Knowles created our groups, and we were then to create our own experiment, free of choice. The group I was in went beyond the "normal" chemistry experiment. We decided to make 3 vanilla ice creams, each with a different type of sugar (table sugar, honey, and brown sugar).

Though this experiment did not deal so much with precise measuring besides measuring out 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of half&half, 1 cup of milk, and 2 cups of whipped cream, this experiment still required our senses.

__SIGHT__ - Once all of the mixtures were completed, we could see obvious differences between the three batters. The ice cream made with the brown sugar, was obviously brown. The honey and table sugar mixtures were very similar, in that they were both white. Both looked like pancake batter. __SMELL__ - While in the process of making the ice cream, we smelled each mixture. The mixtures with sugar and honey, smelled the most appealing to eaters. However, the mixture with the brown sugar smelled like sour milk. __HEAR__ - The one time we experienced hearing anything was when we had to blend the brown sugar mix. We realized that some of the brown sugar chunks were not fully dissolved before the mixture was put into the freezer. Therefore, the chunks froze. So we could hear them rattling around in the bowl while mixing. __TOUCH__ - This sense was a little more difficult in the making of ice cream. The only time we really touched anything was when we felt the table sugar and the brown sugar. The two sugars are very different. Table sugar has a very smooth texture to it, while brown sugar is very rough and chunky. We did not touch the honey for obvious reasons, since it would get really messy and sticky around our fingers. __TASTE__ - After we finished making the ice cream, we did a test run. We wanted test if each ice cream samples that we made had distinct differences with their flavors. There were obvious differences between the three ice creams. All three of the samples were all sweet, but in their own ways. For example, brown sugar itself has a distinct flavor from table sugar. It kind of tastes like maple syrup.