Experimenting at Home When Cooking Can Enable Kids To Accelerate Science Learning

1) BUBBLING RAINBOW  [ This experiment uses an oven, so be safe first!]

Some of our clients ask us for some exciting kitchen experiments that they can do @home, when they are not at Kids Science Labs camps, STEM Labs, hands-on science classes, or parties. Of course, we love to share!

This experiment is a chemical reaction [when 2 things, an acid and a base, come together and create something new(gas)]. You can explore the bubbles with your eyes, your ears, your fingers, and even your nose! What does a chemical reaction even sound like? Chemical reactions can even change the temperature. This one is an endothermic reaction (taking energy from the environment) and you and your scientist can touch and feel how much colder it feels! 

What you’ll need: 

• Baking sheet

• Food coloring

• Baking soda

• Vinegar

The Experiment!: 

1. Cover the bottom of the tray with baking soda

2. Have fun dropping dots of color all over the baking soda

3. Take a lot of vinegar… start a count down… pour the vinegar all over the tray and watch it bubble!!

Now is your time to OBSERVE! What do you see? What does it sound like? What does it remind you of? What is happening to the colors? What color do all the colors make when they are mixed together? What does the pan feel like? What’s the temperature?  (Be sure to let the baking sheet cool off a bit so its safe to touch, as safety coms first!)

*Kids will probably want to do this over and over and over so have a lot of baking soda and vinegar at hand :)

Problem-solving matters in improving creativity and overcoming obstacles that inhibit kids from reaching their full potential

Problem solving matters and it matters in a massive way.  Problem solving is how we apply what we know to find solutions to complex problems.  It is not only how we innovate new medical procedures and design sleeker iPhones, but also how we determine the logistics of getting our kids to activities on-time and figuring out how to squeeze all those clothes Into suitcases on vacation. We think of what we are trying to do, consider alternatives, test a thesis, and then make a series of choices that hopefully result in a solution that works.

Hands-on science classes help people discover something new everyday at Kids Science Labs

SciEnce Classes

Our science camps and STEM classes enable kids to learn the KSL System of Innovation. We empower your child and allow them to build real life design principles and better appreciate how mistakes are natural outcomes of hands-on experimentation.

Success requires some motivated failure to help make better choices and understand concepts, which is why a small bit of grit is baked into every class at KSL. Students develop applied engineering and improve their growth mindset to stretch the limits of what they believe to be possible.

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Best Science Classes for Kids are at Kids Science Labs in our camps, STEM Labs, and Field Trips for Elementary Students

Hands on science is making a chair out of paper cups, duct tape, and foam board - because it allows us to experience and play while also teaching us about fundamental science.  Young kids are not asking about photosynthesis, but are absolutely asking about why leaves are on the ground or why plants need light. They want to know "why" and It is why we have classes about designing shoes, making fidget spinners, why airplanes fly, how to innovate a pen with custom colors, designing lightsabers, and creating our own mobile art studio that fits in the car seat.  

Hands-on science matters because it helps us learn. It is especially important that our kids do this everyday not because they will all be scientists, but because they all will be curious and need ways to relate and solve the complex problems that the world presents.

Come join us to enjoy investigating the world, practice creative design, problem solving, and innovate to give your child an advantage now and in the future.