Ice Through History: Keeping Food Cool (Family: Littles)

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 tailored for Little Learners (ages 3ish-8ish), offering playful content, background knowledge, 3-Board Orange Questions, simple comprehension questions, interactive math problems, and one-word answer pink questions. It's perfect for sparking curiosity and building foundational skills while learning about a fascinating topic.