Ice Through History: Keeping Food Cool (Family: High Cognitive)

Ice Through History: Keeping Food Cool is a fascinating journey through the story of how humans discovered, preserved, and innovated with ice—from ancient Persian yakhchals and Chinese ice pits to mechanical refrigeration, electric fridges, and modern freezers. This lesson shows how ice transformed daily life, food safety, trade, and even global diets, highlighting ingenious methods, clever insulation, and groundbreaking inventions like flash-freezing and steam-driven ice production. Students will explore hands-on math problems, historical facts, and creative thinking prompts while learning about science, engineering, and innovation in a fun, accessible way.
 
This lesson is designed for High Cognitive Champs (ages 8ish and up). It offers fun yet stimulating content, background knowledge questions, 3-Board AND 26 board Orange Questions, advanced math problems, one-word answer pink questions,  and broad pink questions. Ideal for encouraging deep discussions, critical thinking, and spelling skills while learning about a fascinating topic.