I know this looks like a dark, chocolate-y, half-eaten cake . . . And you are probably wondering (when our family has not been eating much sugar or gluten for several months) why a cake would be sitting in our kitchen. But it is really NOT a cake. It is a science experiment.
OK, OK. It IS a cake. A really yummy cake. But it is a cake that my daughter was required to bake as one of the experiments in her Advanced Chemistry text. (The sacrifices we make for science!) In fact, ALL the experiments she will be doing this year involve cooking.
After watching my sons struggle through Apologia Chemistry, I vowed that none of my other children would ever be required to use that text. I had already purchased The Elements curriculum by Ellen McHenry, for my oldest son to use, and I really liked it. Originally I had planned to have my daughter go through that, along with some other books we own. However, when I saw that Scott McQuerry (aka Mr. Q) had come out with a curriculum that taught chemistry through cooking, I knew it would be the perfect fit for my daughter. She will also be watching the Chemistry 101 videos. These are excellent, Christian videos which explore the history of chemistry. They are well made, and fascinating to watch. And they come with a printable booklet which shows how to use the videos for high school credit.
(Yep, that's what we do for science around here. We eat cake and watch movies. Ha, ha!)
