Backyard Summer Camps 2022 - Kitchen Chemistry Week

 

This week's camp takes us into the kitchen to explore the science of baking and all sorts of other chemical  and matter changes that occur when we combine ingredients, add air, heat, and freeze. Best of all, each day will have a science experiment that you can eat! Those are definitely my favorite kinds of science experiments.

Get your free Kitchen Chemistry Camp Activity Calendar and get ready for some delicious science! In addition to the experiments, the calendar includes related videos, books, writing prompts, and play ideas.

I ran out of days in the week, but I thought pickling and 2-ingredient ice cream would also be fun edible science activities. We had a lot of cucumbers growing in our garden so we made some quick sweet and sour pickles but experimenting with other vegetables, hot vs cold brine, and different proportions of vinegar and sugar in the brine would be fun. As for the ice cream, you can observe lots of changes in states of matter as your heavy cream goes from liquid to cream and then becomes solid in the freezer! Whichever activities you decide to do, we hope you have a yummy time exploring science in the kitchen!