Kitchen lab for kids
Twelve experiments where you see, smell and taste what happens in the kitchen. With adults at the stove and hot water.
For children from about 8, together with adults
- Red cabbage colour magic
Colour magic to start with: red cabbage juice shows whether something is acidic.
- Why does the apple turn brown?
Why the apple turns brown, and how to stop it.
- Salt draws out water
Salt draws out water: you can actually watch it happen.
- Baking powder: cold versus hot
What makes the bubbles in a cake.
- Yeast blows up a balloon
Yeast is alive and breathes: it blows up a balloon.
- Egg whites with and without fat
A tiny drop of fat ruins a whole bowl of egg whites.
- Shake your own butter
Cream turns into butter, just by shaking.
- Shaking ice cream in a bag
Make ice cream in ten minutes with ice and salt.
- Why pineapple stops jelly from setting
Fresh pineapple cuts up the jelly.
- Making gluten visible
The invisible network in flour becomes visible.
- Green beans: green or grey?
Why vegetables turn grey when they cook too long.
- Growing sugar crystals
To finish, an experiment over several days: growing crystals.
Test yourself
Red cabbage juice turns pink. What did you add?