The Faculty of Education at Queen’s University is proud to sponsor mykitchenscienceshow, a science community outreach program for students, teachers, parents, and school boards. The program, which encourages students to submit their own kitchen science videos, is meant to provide a voice for students and help them to inspire others to be engaged and creative in a similar way.
Video creation has been referred to as a ‘term paper on steroids’, and considering what goes into creating a video, and how many subject areas are included, it would be hard to argue otherwise. This is project-based learning at its best and is an amazing and valuable cross-curricular skill-building tool.
With the pandemic forcing many classrooms into a virtual format, Faculty instructor Chris Carlton saw the opportunity to use the online universe to help teachers and parents engage with students. mykitchenscienceshow, led by Chris Carlton, was created to provide an amazing opportunity for students’ creativity to flourish and allow their voices and talents to be showcased to a potential worldwide audience. “By harnessing the existing interest many students have in internet videos, we can let them learn through what naturally engages them. When we let them play and learn at the same time, discovery never ends,” Chris explained.
To start, many of Chris’s teacher candidates uploaded simple science experiments to the channel. Gravity experiments, erupting grapefruits, bouncing eggs, and crystal rocks can be found right now to watch, learn from, and replicate at home. Everyone is welcome to submit and more information can be found here. Chris is also happy to respond to any questions directly by email.
mykitchenscienceshow has a Facebook page as well as a YouTube channel and new videos are being updated regularly.