By using sodium chloride (table salt) to lower the freezing temperature of water below 0° C, the ice and water mixture becomes cold enough to freeze a nondairy creamer solution into ice cream. The activity supports 3-dimensional learning and builds toward the following:

• NGSS Scientific and Engineering Practice: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations and Constructing Explanations
• NGSS Core Idea: Physical Science 1: Matter and interactions and PS 3: Energy