Children's Book and Media Review

Volume 24 Issue 2 Article 17

2003

Kitchen Lab
Annette Van Wagenen

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Van Wagenen, Annette (2003) "Kitchen Lab," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 24 : Iss. 2 , Article 17.
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 Van Wagenen: Kitchen Lab

Ross, Michael Elsohn. Kitchen Lab. Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0876146256. $23.93.
48 pp.

Reviewer: Annette Van Wagenen

Reading Level: Primary, Intermediate
Rating: Outstanding
Genre: Non- fiction;
Subject: Science experiments--Juvenile literature; Books—Reviews;

Grab a lab coat, this book, and your favorite foods. You are about to embark on some
fizzy, gooey, and bubbling experiments. Whether making zapped snacks, temperamental
cookies, or rubber pizza, this book will teach some amazing science concepts while having fun in
the kitchen.
Any kitchen can become an official research lab. New foods, cooking methods, and even
kitchen gadgets are often the result of curious scientist at play. A kitchen has many of the same
tools and equipment as a science lab. While messing around in the kitchen, any experiment will
help one learn something new. That's the great thing about experiments...and this book is full of
them. Learn if a grape will explode in a microwave or find out what yeast will do when mixed
with salt and sugar. Or experiment with different kinds of detergent. Whatever the exploration,
the kitchen scientist who wants to have fun needs this book. Have a sizzling good time!

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