Kiki Takes the Cake

Kiki Takes the Cake — page 7 — the words and stuck out his tongue comically Kiki didn’t mind He was just being Jesse Some people thought it was funny that her closest friend was a boy and hilarious that he happened to be the coolest boy in the whole grade But Kiki and Jesse had bonded way back in preschool over play dough and Popsicles and they’d been inseparable ever since Unlike Kiki Jesse was no science whiz but he was smart He teased her because he couldn’t help himself He was born a practical joker Kiki rolled her eyes at Jesse and turned back to the teacher That brings us to this month’s project I want you all to think more about chemical and physical reactions in the kitchen Are you ready for a little food chemistry Mr Galipeau passed out a yellow sheet of paper Molecules in Motion Changing State Evaporation Condensation Freezing or Melting Forming a Precipitate The Rate of a Chemical Reaction temperature catalysts chemical change Using Chemical Change to Identify an Unknown endothermic vs exothermic

Kiki Takes the Cake — page 8 — Energy Changes in Chemical Reaction pH and color changes I want you to look over this list carefully During the next few weeks I want you to experiment in your kitchens Record your ingredients measurements and methods Use these scientific concepts to write a report about how your chosen recipe is prepared And it has to be edible Mr Galipeau looked directly at Eduardo Aw man Eduardo complained Everyone groaned They wanted an excuse to eat food not to write about it But Kiki was excited This was easy She could do this work with her eyes super-glued shut The only thing I’ll cook up is a disaster joked Eduardo Kiki laughed Actually that’d be cool if you could make a cake that explodes A sly grin spread across Eduardo’s face Or a soup tsunami Class was interrupted abruptly by the lunch bell Kids jumped up from their seats and moved quickly to the door to head downstairs to the cafeteria Kiki hurried there too All that sweet talk had made her absolutely ravenous Eyes searching the lunchroom Kiki found an

Kiki Takes the Cake — page 9 — empty spot and sat down with her tray She was promptly joined by Jesse and Rob another boy from sixth grade who belched as he sat down Why are you guys and all guys so obnoxious Kiki complained Aw you’re just saying that to be nice Jesse joked Ha Good one Rob snorted We’re experts in rude right Jesse said throwing his arm up for Rob’s high-five Kiki sighed Okay weirdos Speaking of weird how’s the Brainy Bunch Jesse asked with just a touch of snarkiness What’s the Brainy Bunch Rob asked shoveling spaghetti into his mouth Kiki frowned Quit it Jesse Guys please don’t make fun of me or the group Rob it’s actually called the Supernovas And it’s Out of this world Jesse cracked up Remind me why I’m friends with you Kiki asked with a groan Oh you know I’m kidding Kiki Jesse said And he was Jesse knew that Kiki’s participation in impressive the group was actually very considering the fact that the Supernovas was a science club for high school freshmen

Kiki Takes the Cake — page 10 — Kiki had been invited to join as a sixth-grader because of her high test scores and because she’d won the school science fair for three years running Last year she’d won with a project on the decomposition of school lunches It was actually quite scandalous the cafeteria servers weren’t too happy about the mold Kiki discovered in the macaroni and cheese vats The year before that Kiki investigated bacteria all over the school on lockers door handles stair railings which led to a new janitorial policy Kiki went the distance for every big idea Often Kiki’s research led to actual change The cafeteria workers and janitors might not have loved her but teachers did But unlike most teachers the kids in the Supernovas didn’t warm up to Kiki right away They treated her like she was the little sister at the end of the table who gets ignored during the entire meal And in fact she was a little sister Her older brother Shawn was a sophomore this year and served as a student advisor to the group at least he did until he got too busy with wrestling practice It wasn’t until one meeting at the high school cafeteria that the Supernovas started to pay attention to the new kid When Kiki concocted a seasoning out of ground up Cheetos for the group’s French fries the club members really began to appreciate Kiki’s on-the-spot

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