Turn Your Kitchen Into a Lab

Rock Candy isn’t just delicious, it’s chemistry! Sweets like Rock Candy are made through a process called crystallization.

Rock Candy isn’t just delicious, it’s chemistry! Sweets like Rock Candy are made through a process called crystalliza...

Ice Cream in a Bag

Nothing is better than a cool ice cream on a summer day, and the chemistry behind ice cream is even cooler. Salt and sugar play essential roles in making ice cream the texture we know and love by lowering ice's freezing point. When salt or sugar (a solute) is combined with water or ice (a solvent) and is evenly distributed, the freezing point is lowered.

Nothing is better than a cool ice cream on a summer day, and the chemistry behind ice cream is even cooler. Salt and ...

Cake Baking with Soda Pop

Leavening agents are the MVP of many cakes and help them rise and become light and fluffy! But did you know that the fizzy, carbon dioxide gas bubbles in soda pop act like a leavening agent?

Leavening agents are the MVP of many cakes and help them rise and become light and fluffy! But did you know that the ...

S’mores Cake in a Slow Cooker

Baking a S’mores Cake in a slow cooker isn’t just delicious; it’s also baked in science. Slow cookers, just like ovens, rely on the transmission of heat to cook and are a great way to introduce kids to baking. Based on slow cooking principles — low temperatures, moisture and time ban together — making slow cookers great for baking cakes. They also offer a safer alternative to an oven and require a shorter attention span, making them perfect for our scientific explorers.

Baking a S’mores Cake in a slow cooker isn’t just delicious; it’s also baked in science. Slow cookers, just like oven...

Betty Dream Cake Baked In STEM

What’s one of the most essential ingredients when baking Betty Dream Cakes? We're guessing thermal energy wasn’t the first thing that came to mind. But it’s oh-so important! Thermal energy from the oven is what makes Betty Dream Cakes batter turn from a liquid to a solid. When Betty Dream Cakes are taken out of the oven, collusion — also known as the cooling process — allows our delicious treat to become a temperature we can work with and enjoy.

What’s one of the most essential ingredients when baking Betty Dream Cakes? We're guessing thermal energy wasn’t the ...

Colorful Cosmic Lemonade

Colorful Cosmic Lemonade doesn’t just look cool; it’s packed with science! Most liquids are an acid or a base and the pH scale measures these two essential chemicals on a scale of 0 to 14.

Colorful Cosmic Lemonade doesn’t just look cool; it’s packed with science! Most liquids are an acid or a base and the...

Color Theory & Cake

A tasty rainbow masterpiece is steps away when you bring cake and color theory together! When frosting is dyed with primary colors like Red, Yellow and Blue, you can create more colors of frosting.

A tasty rainbow masterpiece is steps away when you bring cake and color theory together! When frosting is dyed with p...

Popping Under Pressure

Popcorn's not just a delicious snack; it's also popping with science. Popcorn contains a small amount of water inside its kernels. When your kernels are heated to a temperature that reaches water's boiling point, the water inside transforms from a liquid to a vapor. The trapped water vapor builds enough pressure up and eventually expands and burst through the kernel. Now it's time to get to popcorn popping.

Popcorn's not just a delicious snack; it's also popping with science. Popcorn contains a small amount of water inside...