Kids Science Labs offers the most engaging hands-on science program to our families and their guests, available anywhere in the world. We have the best science summer camps in Seattle and Chicago, and offer STEM Labs and Field Trips to hundreds of schools around the country seeking to partner with our team to boost science enrichment and student motivation.
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!:
Cover the bottom of the tray with baking soda
Have fun dropping dots of color all over the baking soda
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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