Teach Kids Food Safety at Home
When it comes to cooking, there aren't many kids who at one time or another don't get curious about what goes on in the kitchen. It is not at all uncommon for a boy or girl to want to try their hand at preparing a meal or dessert, and parents should be very encouraging about it, as knowing how to cook is a life skill that the kids will use forever. It's also a good time to teach them about food safety at home. The great thing about teaching about food safety is that it allows you to work in so many other topics. For younger kids, spark their interest in chemistry by telling them about how surfactants, the things in cleaning products that allows them to penetrate dirt and grease and lift it away, work. Let them try cleaning the same grease with plain water, then with your favorite cleaning spray. If you have a microscope (you can get them fairly cheaply), swab a dirty counter top and let the kids see all the microscopic beasties crawling around in the goo. For ol...