Kitchen Chemistry – Elementary School Collection
By AACT on May 14, 2020
This collection of AACT resources highlights all of the hands-on physical science and chemistry activities that are available in our elementary school library, and require only tools and/or materials that are typically found in the kitchen. They are grouped by topic: Acids and Bases, Chemistry Basics, Gases, Kinetics, Reactions and Stoichiometry, and Solutions.
All of these resources include a list of required materials and detailed background information for teachers, or other adults, who are supervising the activity. There are also student activity sheets, and many include an answer key. There is an equipment list and a table of conversion factors available in the sidebar.
- Alien Invasion?
- Analyzing a Lava Lamp
- Analyzing Root Beer Floats
- Chemistry in the Kitchen!
- Clean-Up Pond Pollution
- Colorful Milk
- Color-Works in a Jar
- Comparing Density of Liquids & Solids
- Condensation
- Gummy Bear Investigation
- Household Densities
- Ice Cube Race
- Investigating Black Ink
- Investigating Gas Density
- Salad Dressing Science: Emulsions
- Sinking Soda
- What's the Fizz?
- Will it Float?