The Science of Food

Do you have any science activities that children can do in the kitchen? - For Kitchen Fun
Answer: These activities will help your children learn about what they eat as they investigate the science of food. Supervise younger children to ensure their safety.
Experiment No. 1: It's time for your children to bake three or four small cakes. Make the first cake according to the recipe. Then leave out either salt or egg or baking powder from the remaining cakes. When all the cakes are baked, the children should cut them in half and study what they look like. They should also taste each cake. Have them observe and think about what leaving out each ingredient did to a cake so they can learn something about food chemistry.
Experiment No. 2: This time your children will make a batch of cookies. On one cookie sheet, they will form small cookies, and on the other, monster-size cookies. Then they will time how long it takes to bake each size cookie to determine if mass affects baking time.