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Kitchen Science

Turn everyday food into amazing science

Hands-on science kids actually DO — not just watch

Turn everyday food into amazing science

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The Lunchbox Mystery

Can chromatography reveal who ate Mackey's lunch?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Can you solve Mackey's Lunchbox Mystery using nothing but a black marker?

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Ice cubes melting on different cup materials during a heat transfer investigation.
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Coolest Cup Challenge

Which cup will keep your drink cold the longest on a hot summer day?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Which cup will keep your drink cold the longest on a hot day?

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The Starch Detective science experiment for kids — Betadine iodine solution being dropped onto food samples, revealing starch with a dramatic colour change. The Starch Detective experiment by The Crazy Scientist.
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The Starch Detective

Can one mystery liquid reveal what's hiding in your food?

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7-12 yrs

Stage 2-3

Easy

There is a secret ingredient hiding in your kitchen right now. You eat it every day. You cannot see it, smell it, or taste it. But one brown drop will expose it instantly.

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coloured water climbing up paper towel against gravity between two cups — The Colour Climb capillary action experiment for kids
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The Colour Climb

What hidden colours are inside a single black marker?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Water flows downhill. Everyone knows that. So when you dip a paper towel into a glass of coloured water and watch it start climbing upward through the fibres — against gravity

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magic milk experiment with food colouring and soap reaction
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Magic Milk Reaction

Add soap to milk and food colouring — predict what happens next.

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Drop some colour into milk…
Now touch it with a cotton bud…BOOM.

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Child investigating mystery kitchen liquids with a homemade red cabbage pH indicator experiment
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The Kitchen Chemical Detective

Can you use a colour-changing cabbage detector to uncover the hidden acids and bases in everyday kitchen liquids?

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7-12 yrs

Stage 2-3

Easy

Can you uncover the hidden chemistry inside everyday kitchen liquids?

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Child stretching bright green slime made during a fun kitchen chemistry experiment.
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Dragon Snot

Can you create gooey Dragon Snot from two mysterious potions?

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9-12 yrs

Stage 2-3

Medium

One potion looks harmless. The other looks like water. But when they meet... something disgustingly amazing appears!

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The Orange Assassin science experiment for kids — orange peel oil being collected to apply drop by drop to a latex balloon, demonstrating like dissolves like and polymer science. The Orange Assassin experiment by The Crazy Scientist.
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The Orange Assassin

What does an orange have to do with a balloon?

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7-12 yrs

Stage 2-3

Easy

One orange. One balloon. Something hidden inside the peel. Apply it drop by drop — and watch what happens.

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food colouring droplets streaming through water in comet-like trails — Comet Collisions science experiment for kids
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Comet Collisions

Can you predict what the food colouring will do?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Drop food colouring into a glass of water and it sinks straight to the bottom. Add oil first — and something completely different happens.

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The Great Crystal Race!

Can you discover which material grows the biggest crystal coating overnight?

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7-12 yrs

Stage 2-3

Easy

Which material gives crystals the best place to begin growing? Test four different "starting surfaces" and discover which one wins the Great Crystal Race!

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bubble domes inside eachother discovering the strongest bubble surface experiment
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Super Bubble Domes

Can you invent a bubble strong enough to bounce another bubble?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Some bubbles pop instantly. Others seem almost unbreakable. Can you discover why?

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The Water Magnet science experiment for kids — a ping pong ball on a string leaning toward a stream of running water, demonstrating the Coanda Effect and air pressure. The Water Magnet experiment by The Crazy Scientist.
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The Water Magnet

Can a balloon actually bend a stream of water?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

A running tap. A ping pong ball. No string, no glue, no magnets. Can water actually pull something toward it?

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toothpick lifting an ice cube
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The Sticky Ice Contest

Can you pick up an ice cube using only a piece of string?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

One toothpick. One pinch of salt. Twenty seconds. Can you lift an ice cube without touching it?

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Close-up of a sparkling birthday candle showing colourful flames in a fun kitchen science experiment.
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Fireworks in a Candle!

Can a tiny birthday candle reveal the science behind giant fireworks?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 2-3

Easy

A birthday candle. Colourful flames. Could you uncover the same secret that lights up fireworks?

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The Escape Artist elephant toothpaste science experiment for kids — colourful foam erupting from a plastic bottle, demonstrating catalase enzyme activity and exothermic chemical reactions. The Escape Artist experiment by The Crazy Scientist.
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Elephant’s Toothpaste: The Chemical Genie

Can you make foam explode out of its container?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 3

Easy

Inside every bottle of hydrogen peroxide, something is trying to escape. Can you help it escape?

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Skittle rainbow experiment on a white plate — five colours meeting in the centre without mixing, The Skittle Rainbow science experiment for kids showing concentration gradients
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The Skittle Rainbow

What happens when you drop Skittles into warm water?

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5-12 yrs

Stage 1-3

Easy

Five Skittles arranged in a circle. A careful pour of water. Most people predict the colours will blend into a muddy mess in the middle. Place your bet before you pour — because most people are wrong.

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orange peel flame experiment showing citrus oil ignition
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Orange Fire Burst

What happens when you squeeze an orange peel next to a balloon?

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9-12 yrs

Stage 3

Easy

A burst of fire shoots out of the peel!

But wait… Why would fruit… be flammable?

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