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In pictures: Young minds explore flavours of science and gastronomy at workshop by The Logical Lamp

The practical learning platform had a hands-on workshop demonstrating scientific principles with DIY cooking experiments to enthusiastic kids at Hard Rock Cafe

By Urvashi Bhattacharya | Published 24.01.24, 06:18 PM

A group of enthusiastic tots explored science and gastronomy at The Logical Lamp’s Culinary Chemistry workshop at Hard Rock Cafe Kolkata on January 13. The engaging workshop was tailored for kids between three and 10 years old, and explored things like immiscible liquids and non-Newtonian fluids with a bunch of fun kitchen experiments like glowing ice cubes and creating colour-changing lemonade

All photos by Amit Pramanik

One of the visually fun experiments was the colour-changing lemonade. The pigments in the butterfly pea flower, which we have seen used in teas, dumplings and other dishes, turns the water blue. However, lemonade (lemon juice in water) causes a reaction and changes the pH level, turning the solution purple

The experiment to explain immiscible and miscible substances — liquids that do not mix into each other or substances that are not soluble — was done with coloured water and oil in test tubes that showed the miscibility of water and the colour along with the immiscibility of water and oil

All of us remember learning about Archimedes and plopping things into a bucket of water to demonstrate density and displacement! A bowl of water and a potato was used to demonstrate the principles of density to the kids. A potato sinks in the bowl of water due to its density, but adding salt to the water alters the density of the water, keeping the potato afloat

In another experiment, the kids learned how adding salt to ice stops it from melting sooner by decreases the freezing point

After the experiments, the young participants took a picture with The Logical Lamp team and My Kolkata caught up with (bottom left) founder Surbhi Bagla about Logical Lamp’s workshops. ‘As a learning platform, we focus on hands-on learning, especially in DIY science. This fosters a passion for learning, cultivates imaginative power in children, and enhances their thinking capacity. DIY is a significant part of our workshops,’ she said

It wasn’t all science, and after all the DIY fun, the kiddies got to enjoy their Messi Kids Menu curated by Hard Rock Cafe which included burgers, mac and cheese, hot fudge brownies, and more

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