Sweet Science

Turn your kitchen into a lab with these sweet candy experiments. These Montshire at Home activities have been developed in partnership with The Family Place, in conjunction with their annual Gingerbread Festival.

For information on festival activities and more, visit the Family Place website.

woman holding gum drops in the shape of molecules
 

Turn your kitchen into a lab with these sweet candy experiments.

woman holding gum drops in the shape of molecules
 

Turn your kitchen into a lab with these sweet candy experiments.

Build with Sugar

Turn your kitchen table into a math and engineering space by building 3D shapes out of candy and sticks. Download our activity sheet and watch Rebecca as she explains.

 Building with Sugar

 

Turn Up the Heat on Sweets

Compare and contrast a variety of holiday sweets as they respond to changes in temperature. Grab an adult and a hot pad to do some kitchen science together. Rebecca goes over this experiment. And don’t forget to download the activity sheet!

 Turn Up the Heat

 

Sweet Water Experiment

Compare and contrast how different sweets dissolve in water. How do the sugars, colorful dyes, gelatins, and waxes all respond when submerged over time? Rebecca explains. Follow along with our activity sheet.

 Dissolving Sugar

 

Lighting Your Gingerbread House

Learn how to add lights to your gingerbread creation. Watch Mike as he explains the different ways to make your gingerbread house lit!