26 Edible Science Projects
Do a science project and eat it too! You can do edible science projects like making rock candy, baking bread and exploring how colors affect taste. It's a delicious way to learn about biology, chemistry, nutrition, and psychology. So grab your lab coat and let's cook up some yummy experiments you can eat!
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Each science project has complete instructions with videos to guide you through the experiment!
Soak spaghetti in water for a few hours, then boil it for just one minute to test whether pre-soaking cuts cooking time.
Dye four identical lime drinks different colors and see how many people taste flavors that match the color instead.
Give breakfast-skippers three weeks of morning meals and watch their object recall jump in a simple before-and-after memory test.
Juice three apple varieties twice a week and use a refractometer to track which one gains the most sugar after leaving cold storage.
Have the same subjects exercise after drinking Gatorade one day and water another, then compare their pulse rates to see if electrolytes matter.
Serve regular and low-fat versions of six snacks side by side and find out if volunteers can spot the difference.
Bake cookies on four sheets with different sprays and discover whether name brands really prevent sticking better.
Blindfold your participants with four mystery flavors and discover which basic taste the tongue detects most strongly.
Scrape the filling from sandwich cookies to model all eight Moon phases and see how the sunlit portion changes.
Mix chocolate binder with oats and nuts the same way engineers mix asphalt with rocks, then roll it flat like a road.
Use chocolate shavings and heat to build three types of model rock that match real geology.
Cut open different candies and classify them as rock or mineral models based on what the inside looks like.
Mine chocolate chips from two cookies with a paper clip and see whether careful or careless digging earns more.
Bake the same custard recipe four ways to discover how water baths and extra eggs and microwaves change its texture.
Add fresh pineapple to one batch of Jello and canned pineapple to another to discover why only one of them sets.
Cook potatoes and carrots by five different methods and compare how each one changes flavor and texture and weight.
Seal yeast and sugar water in a plastic bag and watch billions of yeast cells inflate it with carbon dioxide.
Weigh hamburger patties before and after broiling to see how fat content and doneness change the cooking yield.
Serve unlabeled regular and low fat versions of seven foods and find out how often tasters pick the right one.
Slice and dry an orange under a lamp to discover that more than 80 percent of its weight is water.
Pop three brands of microwave popcorn for the same time and count which one leaves the fewest unpopped kernels.
Grow giant sugar crystals on a string and watch a supersaturated solution turn back into solid rock candy.
Chew a wintergreen Lifesaver in a dark room and watch sparks of white light flash between your teeth.
Drop raisins into soda water and watch them rise and sink as carbon dioxide bubbles cling to their wrinkled surface.
Drip water onto a candy sitting on filter paper and watch hidden ink colors separate into colored rings.
Drop raisins into a jar of vinegar and baking soda and watch them rise, float, and sink over and over again.
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