Table of Contents

Introduction
 
Unit 1 Carbonated Chemical Reactions
Lab 1: Color-Changing Magic Potion
Lab 2: Paper Bag Volcano
Lab 3: Fizzy Balloons
Lab 4: Frankenworms
Lab 5: Soda Geyser
 
Unit 2 Crystal Creations
Lab 6: Alum Crystal Geodes
Lab 7: Rock Candy
Lab 8: Climbing Salt Crystals
 
Unit 3 Physics in Motion
Lab 9: Marshmallow Slingshots
Lab 10: Tablecloth Trick
Lab 11: Egg-Throwing Experiment
Lab 12: Egg in a Bottle
 
Unit 4 Life Science
Lab 13: Alien Monster Eggs
Lab 14: Standing on Eggs
Lab 15: DNA Extraction
Lab 16: Forensic Fingerprints
 
Unit 5 Astonishing Liquids
Lab 17: Tie-Dye Milk
Lab18: Zooming Fish
Lab 19: Marker Chromatography
Lab 20: Rainbow in a Cup
Lab 21: Fireproof Balloon
Lab 22: Ice Cube on a String
 
Unit 6 Polymers, Colloids, and Misbehaving Materials
Lab 23: Magic Bag
Lab 24: Mad Scientist’s Green Slime
Lab 25: Milk Plastic and Milk Glue
Lab 26: Gelatinous Diffusion
Lab 27: Cornstarch Goo
Lab 28: The Kaye Effect
 
Unit 7 Acids, Bases, and Pigments
Lab 29: Red Cabbage Litmus Paper
Lab 30: Ocean Acidification Experiment
Lab 31: Spy Juice
 
Unit 8 Marvelous Microbiology
Lab 32: Homemade Petri Plates and Microbe Zoo
Lab 33: Yeast Garden
Lab 34: Hand-Washing Experiment
 
Unit 9 Shocking Science
Lab 35: Dancing Foil Electroscope
Lab 36: Build an Electrophorus and Leyden Jar
Lab 37: Water Bender
 
Unit 10 Bodacious Botany
Lab 38: Window Sprouts
Lab 39: Collecting Water from Trees
Lab 40: Leaf and Veggie Chromatography
Lab 41: Nature Walk Bracelets
Lab 42: Vegetable Vampires
 
Unit 11 Sunny Science
Lab 43: Sunset Experiment
Lab 44: Solar Still Survival Science
Lab 45: Pizza Box Solar Oven
Lab 46: Greenhouse Effect Lab
Lab 47: Dew Point Experiment
Lab 48: Shoebox Solar Viewer
 
Unit 12 Rocket Science
Lab 49: Film Canister Rockets
Lab 50: Easy Straw Rockets
Lab 51: Sky-High Bottle Rockets
Lab 52: Edible Electromagnetic Wave Experiment
 

About the Author

After graduating with an undergraduate degree in art, an M.S. in Bacteriology from UW-Madison, and doing molecular biology research for ten years, LIZ LEE HEINECKE (Minneapolis, MN) now spends her days trying to keep up with her three kids while sharing her passion for science in the classroom, online, and on TV. On a mission to make science easy for parents and fun for kids, she uses her lab-bench experience to find fun ways to do science at home using things people have on-hand. In 2009, she started a website called KitchenPantryScientist.com which averages 500- 1,000 hits a day. In the summer of 2012 she released an iPhone/iPod app called KidScience which has been downloaded more than 11,000 times. She appears monthly on Minneapolis/St. Paul's Kare11 Sunrise news, teaches science to nursing majors at Twin Cities' colleges, and works with the Science Museum of Minnesota as an Earth Ambassador for NASA.

Reviews

“Known to most as The Kitchen Pantry Scientist, LizHeinecke is an avid blogger, NASA Earth Ambassador, Bacteriologist and former medical researcher. But to her three children, she’s just known as “mom,” an enthusiastic and curious parent who loves to have as much fun with science as they do.” — A Bullseye View, the blog for Target

“While technically not a cookbook (although it does have edible electromagnetic waves), this book celebrates the kitchen and food as a source of science magic... If you have kids, or just are a kid, this book is a must-have.” — Minneapolis City Pages

“Heinecke takes kids—and their parents—through the step-by-step process of scientific method, with easy-to-follow instructions and photos.” — Omaha World-Herald