Welcome to the first newsletter of the term!
Each week, you will find a short write-up on each Module’s lessons so that you can have some great science chats with your future scientists.
We hope you find it fun, informative, and helpful!
You will also find news about important upcoming events to keep you in the loop on what’s going on at the Lab. Like, the Home Workshops we are now offering!
These are the perfect way to enjoy Curiosity Lab’s unique blend of hands-on science and wonder during these unprecedented times from the safety and comfort of your home.
We are also offering Online Workshops covering topics in line with school curricula, packed with our trademark jaw-dropping demos and exciting experiments the kids can safely do at home.
Get in touch to find out more about these latest offerings.
EVERYDAY
MYSTERIES
Of all the culinary arts, baking is the one that most resembles science. Through changes in ratios and technique, baking takes the same key ingredients and transforms them into all those tempting treats on display in bakeries. Last week, we explored the science in baking for ourselves by conducting the tastiest experiment ever: baking chocolate chip cookies! By changing the ratios of things like flour, eggs, sugar, butter and baking powder in our cookie dough, and then comparing it to some perfect control cookies, we discovered what each of these key ingredients brings to the table.
A FANTASTIC
VOYAGE WITHIN
Before we explore how we function, we need to see what we are made of. That’s why our voyage through the human body started at its most basic building block, the cell. It takes around thirty-five trillion cells to make the human body, so delving into their tiny world required the power of microscopy. With the help of different stains and ever higher magnifications, we dove deep into the world of plant and animal cells, before climbing up the hierarchy of our bodies, where cells create tissues and tissues work together to create organs!
CHEMISTRY IN
PLAIN SIGHT
Last week, things got electric as we broke down chemicals by passing a current through them. So long as the chemical conducts electricity, we can use electrolysis to decompose it. After exploring charges, ions and electrodes, we discovered what exactly makes a material conduct before we split H20 into its H’s and O’s. After these combustible gases popped and settled, we decided to give steel a makeover. By choosing the right electrodes and electrolytes, we electroplated boring-looking objects with the lustrous shine of copper!
