Book 9, Question 150
Why Is a Kitchen the Best Science Lab You Already Own?
A kitchen is the best science lab you already own because every meal is full of science! There is heat, mixing, and tiny microbes at work, plus tools like thermometers and scales. Cook with a grown-up, and your kitchen keeps teaching you every single day.
More fun facts
- You do not need a fancy lab or special equipment to do real science.
- One science writer spent months teaching readers how to run a scientific experiment right from their kitchen.
- Scientists keep a lab notebook to track each step, and you can too.
- Real experiments go from making a guess, called a hypothesis, to designing a test and studying the results.
- A team in Bellevue, Washington, called The Cooking Lab made books and a photo exhibit about the science of cooking.
Sources: Science News Explores, Scientific American, Scientific American
Questions kids ask
What is a hypothesis?
It is a smart guess about what will happen, which an experiment tests.