Welcome to the popcorn challenge!
Cincinnati Museum Center is leading virtual popcorn experiments as part of a National Science
Foundation grant called “Food for Thought.” This project investigates how to engage children (ages 7-
14) and their families in STEM concepts present in cooking.
This is a fun activity for the whole family that you can do in your own kitchen!
Through Zoom, Cincinnati Museum Center educators will lead a 30-60 minute virtual popcorn-popping workshop with you and your children. During the workshop, we’ll also discuss science concepts, such as designing a good experiment. We will ask you to fill out a survey before and after the challenge. To thank you for participating, we will send your family a $50 Amazon gift card once you have completed the activities.
Before you can begin, we ask you to
click on this link
to complete the consent form and provide a little information about your family, which we will keep confidential.
After we receive this information, Museum Center’s research partners at Kent State University will contact you
to register for a challenge date and time in May, June, or July 2021. We will ask each child to complete
a brief pre-test and post-test, which will take approximately 10 minutes each to complete.
We will send a unique link for each child.
Here is a suggested list of items before beginning the first challenge:
You can reach Cincinnati Museum Center’s project team at foodforthought@cincymuseum.org. Thank you again for participating!
