30 Minute Edible Science Projects by Anna Leigh is a great book. Keeps the kids entertained for quite some time. A lot of the projects are easy to follow. Both kids and adults will have a lot of fun.

The 30-minute Edible Science Project book was a fun informative read. Often it is hard to get students to understand the science of chemistry and food is one of the easiest way to show them. Fun ideas and easy ingredients, supplies list make for a deliciously educational good time!

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Pretty basic. I would have liked to have seen a few more experiments and some different levels of difficulty.

This kids book is fun take on how-to science and cook. It was so much fun I have to buy this one and hand out copies to my friends with kids. I love how it teaches kids to use science sand then the best thing you eat your Science Fair project.

Kids will enjoy making these tasty treats, Some might be easily done as a science experiment in the classroom. And there are a couple that will need an adults supervision. I really liked the recipe for sugar glass; It's a perfect recipe for topping cupcakes for wintery treats! Combination of photos and illustrations were helpful.

Found a copy at the library, so i could read and review it.

This is a beautiful set of science experiments that all involve food science. Each experiment has a thorough list of ingredients and materials as well as an estimate for the time it will take. There are vivid full color photographs that detail each step of the process and each experiment also has some of science concepts that are covered. I know my students are going to enjoy this one.

30-Minute Edible Science Projects was written by Anna Leigh. It is a children’s book containing nine science experiments you can eat!
Each project requires supplies that can be found pretty easily at a grocery store, and can be completed in approximately 30 minutes to an hour.
My Thoughts: This book has very detailed instructions for each project, and has pictures included-which I definitely appreciate as a mom. I also liked that there were “Science Takeaways” for each project that explained some of the science behind the projects.
I would say this book is probably geared to kids ages 9 and up, but younger children would probably enjoy watching the projects being completed, and will definitely want to do a taste test!
I do wish that more projects had been included, as nine isn’t very many. Also, be forewarned-many of these projects do take a lot of supplies, and have several steps.
But, if you have a child that is very interested in science experiments, this book might be for you. And, who doesn’t like to eat the results? 🙂
I would like to thank Lerner Publishing Group for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for my review. Thank you!

This is a good, albeit very basic, book with edible science projects for kids to do. As a homeschooling parent, I am always on the lookout for fun science activities to do with my kids. This book doesn’t really have anything new or exciting if you are already well versed on kids science projects. If you were just starting out with science at home this book would be a good fit for you. It uses basic ingredients that you are likely to have on hand. The experiments go over measuring, tasting, creating and observation. The instructions are clear and have pictures. Pretty fun, but nothing new and exciting.
Thank you NetGalley for this eARC.

We are science lovers in our house and we love to cook, so I was excited to read this book. Sadly, I was pretty disappointed. There are only 9 experiments in the book and most are quite standard. The science was not explained nearly in depth enough for my kiddos and their questions, and most of the recipes were decidedly unhealthy. I also felt that making homemade marshmallows two ways is NOT a 30 minute project.

The projects in this book are:

Candy snap (put candy bars in the freezer and see if they bend differently, then eat them)

Homemade butter (shake cream in a jar to make butter)

Dancing candy hearts (put candy hearts in a glass of clear soda so the carbon dioxide bubbles make them rise up)

Make your own soda (mix water, citric acid, baking soda, sugar and food coloring to make a carbonated "soda")

Sweet and sour (mix different amounts of sugar and vinegar with water to see when they taste sweet and when they taste sour)

Taste test (make different strengths of sugar, vinegar and salt solutions and use a q-tip to see when you can taste them smeared on your tongue)

Make ice cream in a bag (the standard recipe most of us have done with our kids from the internet)

Homemade marshmallows (an incredibly complicated recipe that you're supposed to do two different ways to see how using more sugar will change the finished marshmallows)

Sugar glass (another complicated recipe where kids are expected to cook sugar with corn syrup and cream of tartar at very high temperatures using a candy thermometer and then keep detailed records of its behavior at different temps before pouring the molten sugar onto a cookie sheet to harden into breakable candy "glass" to shatter)

Here is an example of the science of the book. This is the entire "science takeaway" for Candy Snap:

"Some materials are springy and flexible, and others are stiff and easy to break. Most objects become less flexible when they are cold."

I would have loved some talk about how cold affects molecules, other examples of how things behave differently in the cold, real-world applications for how the cold change things, etc.

"Freeze a candy bar, break it in half and eat it because cold makes things less flexible" is hardly sophisticated science, sorry. Kids deserve better.

Other "projects" felt similarly flat. The two final projects went the other direction and were very complicated for the average child while still not providing much scientific information.

The one thing I did like about this book is that it has lots of color photos. They're stock photos from Shutterstock, but there are a lot of them. That's not enough to warrant even a fraction of the $27.99 price tag, though ($4.99 for Kindle, $8.99 for paperback).

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

An excellent nonfiction science book for kids. Using cooking experiments that any student would be excited about the book provides a springboard to science concepts. It’s hard finding books that provide the science facts in a manner tha5 leaves students wanting to find out more and making it fun. I also like the way the book progresses through easier to harder. I will definitely be putting a copy of this book in our new STEAM collection at school.

This book is very nice-looking. The photos are pretty and helpful. The projects in it are rather good, but I feel like there could be more of them. The 7 or so that actually make an end product are what interest my family the most. The instructions are clear and the science behind them is interesting.

I reviewed this book with my 8 and 11 year olds and they both thought it looked very fun and wanted to try all of the experiments. As a mom I really appreciated the reminders to check with parents first and to clean up when you're done! All of these experiments were quick and easy, used common ingredients, had simple step-by-step directions and a science takeaway. Our only suggestions would be that we wished there were MORE and we would have loved to have an area to take notes for each experiment and maybe do a hypothesis first.

Thank you to NetGalley and Lerner Publications for allowing me to view an advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Very engaging and looks like tons of fun for kids! There are lots of step-by-step pictures that make the projects easy to follow.

Fun and simple! Perfect for homeschooling. My kids love to cook and bake and this allows us to kill two birds with one stone.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Very cool, simple, experimental dishes for older kids. It definitely requires adult supervision but it test your ability for observation, measuring, tasting and creating. It uses pretty basic ingredients many have at home so that's convenient. Clear instructions and pictures. Very good STEM book for kids.