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Kitchen Science Experiments for Kids

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The kitchen is one of the most fun places to experiment and learn about science! Check out these SUPER cool kitchen science experiments for kids and try a few in your kitchen. Some of these are edible and some just use regular kitchen items that you likely have on hand. Did you know I studied food science in school & then taught it for a few years? I love all kinds of food and kitchen science activities.

Kitchen Science Experiments for Kids

If you love Kitchen Science check out my STEAM Kids in the Kitchen book. It has 70+ STEM activities, projects and experiments that can be done in the kitchen or with food-related ingredients.

STEAM Kids in the Kitchen

 

 

An awesome food science activity is making bread. I love to make homemade bread. I wanted my kids to understand how yeast works to make the bread rise, so we did a little experiment with it. You know the one with baking soda & vinegar that blows up a balloon, right? Well, this is like that, but you use yeast instead. It isn’t quite as exciting & dramatic because it blows the balloon up slowly as the yeast proofs, but it was a great visual for my kids to see how it works and why.

 

Yeast Balloon experiment

 

To do this, just use a water bottle and put in warm water- about 1/2 c., 1 Tbsp of yeast, and 1 Tbsp of sugar. Shake it gently so it mixes together. Place a balloon over the top of the bottle and watch what happens!

Make some bread dough at the same time. Help your kids see how the the yeast works to make the bread dough rise. Plus, you get some delicious bread to eat at the end. Here is my family’s favorite bread recipe!

More COOL Kitchen Science Experiments:

Enzyme gelatin experiment- kitchen science experiment

Gelatin Fruit Enzyme Experiment– see which fruits prevent gelatin from setting up.

 

onion DNA extraction- kitchen science

 

Try a food chemistry experiment: Learn how to see the DNA in an Onion!

 

apple science - kitchen experiment

 

Apple Browning Science Experiment– do you know why apples brown?

 

 

rock candy kitchen experiment

 

Rock Candy Geodes are a super cool food science activity- delicious, to eat, too! The outside is made from homemade fondant and the inside crystal is a sugar water concoction that forms into sugar crystals.

 

kitchen lessons

 

Cross-Curricular Kitchen Lessons– how to learn all subjects through activities in the kitchen!

 

 

cabbage juice ph kitchen chemistry

 

Cabbage Juice Science– test the pH of household items with this cool chemical reaction.

 

dissolving science experiment in kitchen

 

Does it Dissolve?– Try this experiment to see which things dissolve in water.

 

penny cleaning experiment- kitchen chemistry

 

 

Cleaning Pennies- use items from your kitchen to see which one leans your pennies the best.

 

turn juice into noodles

 

Making Juicy Noodles– you can eat these juice strings, too! What a fun experiment to try! Kids love making and tasting these.

 

 

cake kitchen experiment

 

Cake Experiment– yummy and fascinating! What happens if you leave out certain ingredients?

 

How to Make Butter in a Jar is a fun one to do with a group of kids or at home.  It’s cool to see how butter forms and learn why!

 

green eggs kitchen chemistry experiment

 

Green Eggs Experiment– No food coloring was used to color these eggs? It’s all a chemical reaction made from simple foods.

 

 

solar smores food science

 

Solar Cooking– S’Mores- I LOVE the science experiments that end in a delicious edible product.

 

 

gelatin anatomy experiment

 

Play Anatomy Lab– use gelatin and create an anatomy lab with gelatin molds! These are made with plain gelatin, but you could definitely make them edible with regular Jello!

 

 

rubber egg experiment

 

Rubber Egg Experiment– make a squishy egg!

 

 

magic milk kitchen experiment

 

Rainbow Milk Experiment– this classic science project is so fun to watch!!

 

 

halloween kitchen science- shrunken head apple

Shrunken Head Apples– we did this at halloween time, but it is a fun educational activity for kids any time of the year!

 

easter kitchen science- microwave marshmallows

Microwave your marshmallows! and watch them grow!

 

 

More fun Kitchen Science Ideas From around the web. . . 

Gummy Bear Science from Teach Preschool

Edible Mars Rock from The Fairy and the Frog

Dissolving, Expanding & Bouncing Eggs from Blue Bear Wood

50 Kitchen Science Activities from Science Sparks

Candy Cane Science Experiment from Preschool Powol Packets

 

 

Is It Conductive or Not? STEM Conductivity Experiment
Fruit Enzymes Gelatin Experiment


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  1. katef says

    August 12, 2013 at 2:20 am

    Ooh I love the yeast experiment… must try that next time we make bread!

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  2. anthea barton says

    August 14, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    Love all the experiments that you can do at home. So much fun. Thanks for including us xxx

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  3. Emma says

    October 18, 2013 at 11:46 am

    Thanks so much for including Science Sparks xx

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  4. Renee H says

    February 9, 2014 at 4:50 am

    Thank you for such wonderful ideas! Entelechy Education, LLC has just begun an EnteleTrons™ Explorers Club and we added your website to our Experiments section: http://www.entelechyed.com/enteleclub_experiments As you can see, it is a work in progress. Sign up for our mailing list to see what else we add!

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