Young scientists get ready! Explore the fun of science in your own kitchen with the help of EdPlace. Here`s some exciting science experiments and projects that you can easily do at home. Keep your teeth healthy using eggs or demonstrate pH levels by making a red cabbage indicator. It’s time to turn your kitchen table into a science lab!
This easy activity helps you learn how food affects your teeth and why it’s important to clean teeth to keep them healthy. Once our milk teeth have been replaced by our adult teeth, we really need to look after them - they have to last a lifetime! Sugary, sticky food sticks to the surface of teeth where bacteria break down the sugar to make chemicals called acids, which can cause damage.
We can’t experiment on our own teeth, but as the shell of an egg is made of a similar substance to tooth enamel we can use eggs instead!
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Instructions:
Extension task
Cover one egg with toothpaste and add to a separate container containing coffee, leave for 3 days.
In the following video we`ll be mixing different solutions into our red cabbage pH indicator and watch how the colour changes based on the pH of the solution. We`ll show you how you can explore this topic at home with some simple household items.
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SAFETY NOTE:
Wear safety goggles if using strong acids/bases. An adult should help with the heating of the cabbage.
Instructions:
Have fun and ask lots of questions.
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Science Sparks is passionate about making science fun for kids. All her activities are easy to do and use only equipment and materials commonly found around the home. Science for kids doesn’t have to be complicated and boring, it can be great fun for both children and adults. Science based activities offer endless creative learning opportunities and are a great way to spend time with your children.Check out her article about Summer Camp here.
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