What do 6 pair of hands and Halloween candy mean in your kitchen? For me, it was our homeschool group activity day - "Candy Experiments!" Cooking is science. You follow a recipe - a procedure. You have a hypothesis - what you hope the meal is going to become. The result is the data and the comments could be considered the conclusion. Right? I have a friend who spends all day long following recipes making all kinds of concoctions for scientists. The other day she mentioned she had even used Coconut Milk - but not in a soup recipe like the Curry Chicken Rice Soup.
Are Sweethearts Candy an acid or a base? Will Nerds Candy dissolve faster in hot or cold water? Can you make glue from Milk? Can you be a spy with lemon juice? These were just some of the questions we answered this afternoon.
Bonus - the very first experiment the group conducted was baking and following a recipe. The chosen recipe, The absolute BEST brownies! The kids measured, cracked and stirred, learning to follow directions. Luckily they didn't leave out the chocolate! The results were heavenly!
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