π Culinary State Machines: Science of Baking + iCode Algorithms! π«π»
Event: Science in Our Lives: Baking Foods Around the World
When: Thursday, April 30, 2026, 6:30 PM β 7:30 PM (Registration Required)
Where: Mercer County Library β West Windsor Branch (Activity Room)
Event link: Mercer County Library Events
Who itβs for: Kids Ages 9β12
Why we love it π Science has never tasted so good! The West Windsor Library is hosting a brilliant program dedicated to introducing the beauty of STEM through everyday life and global culture. This session focuses on the science of phase changes (how solids turn to liquids and back again!) by creating delicious chocolate-covered fruit! Kids will get to decorate their own dessert while learning about the molecular chemistry that makes melting and freezing possible. We absolutely love this event because it proves that complex science isn’t just something that happens in a labβit happens right in our kitchens!
How this event aligns with iCode Princeton πβοΈ Understanding how chocolate changes from a solid to a liquid is the exact same logic we use to build “State Machines” in video games!
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Phase Changes & Variables: In chemistry, heating a solid changes its state into a liquid. In computer science, we use code to track these exact same types of changing states! We call these “Variables.” In our Python and Game Design Tracks, we teach older kids how to write code that tracks when a characterβs “state” changesβlike turning water into ice in a 3D landscape or changing a player’s health bar after taking damage.
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Algorithmic Sequencing: If you dip the fruit before the chocolate is melted, the recipe fails! A recipe is just a biological algorithm. We use this exact same logic to teach kids that the order of the steps (Syntax) is what makes a computer program run successfully without errors.
Join the funβthen keep the momentum going at iCode ππ Experiment with culinary chemistry at the library, then bring that world-class curiosity to iCode Princeton where we turn early science experiments into lifelong tech skills!
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