Reading/Interest Level: Primary, Intermediate
Author: Anna Leigh
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
Learn why science can taste good in this book that covers edible science projects. Experiments include making marshmallows, ice cream, soda, and butter. Readers will also explore how temperature can affect candy and can taste test different solutions of water, sugar, and, vinegar. Eager readers may even want to try making their own sugar glass.
This book is well written with simple but clear directions and pictures for each step. Included are questions that get the reader to start thinking more like a scientist and sections that explain the science behind each experiment. A glossary and QR code are also included that can provide the reader with even more edible science projects. Each aspect makes this is a great book for younger children to use to learn how to follow directions in a scientific way, how to make predictions, and how to make discoveries about the world around them.