Tinkering in the Kitchen: Exploring the Beginning of Chemical Engineering

Child making pancakes
Child mixing ingredients
Child holding a tray of pretzels
Child reading a recipe

Young children love to cook!  Cooking is a grown-up activity that engages children in all aspects of STEM and provides an opportunity for meaningful literacy experiences.  Participants will explore the educational value of using child-tested recipes.  Safe and practical chemistry for young children, using simple kitchen appliances to produce tasty learning!

Workshop format:  face-to-face

Length of workshop:  3 hours

Number of participants:  limited to 24

For printable recipes from our Cooking workshop, please click here.

To view the experience sheet for this workshop, please click here.