A mobile app created in Romania will help parents do science at home using everyday kitchen items

The project is called ScienceApp and is funded through the Erasmus+ programme, a European initiative that supports education and learning for all ages. ScienceApp brings together The Science Box from Romania, as coordinator, and Learnmera Oy from Finland, as partner.

The app, set to launch this year, is designed especially for parents who may not have a background in science but want to explain to their children how the world works – from chemical reactions to natural phenomena. All activities will be accompanied by simple explanations and video clips, making science both playful and accessible. In addition to the app, the project also includes a dedicated website with resources, as well as an online community where parents can exchange ideas, questions, and solutions.

Short TikTok videos will also be produced, in which the team will demonstrate experiments that can be done at home using easily accessible materials. The core idea is that you don’t need a laboratory to understand science – just curiosity, a few tools, and the desire to discover together with your child.

The project’s first meeting took place in Bucharest between June 10 and 13, bringing together teams from both countries. A special moment was the participation of the National Institute for Materials Physics, which presented laboratory experiments and spoke about the importance of scientific research and science communication.

The demonstrations by specialists highlighted the difference between professional experiments and those done at home, while also showing how crucial it is to correctly understand scientific phenomena – even those we encounter in everyday life, in a glass of water or in a reaction with vinegar.

“ScienceApp is more than just an app – it’s a way of bringing science into the family, of connecting parents and children through discovery and play. We want every parent to feel that they can talk about science and trust that learning can happen in the kitchen just as much as in the classroom,” said Melania Mindroc, CEO of The Science Box and project coordinator.