Take a 4 year-old granddaughter; add a science kit birthday present; result = one boffin.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/2015-11%20Boffin1_zpsnzkhmqrn.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/b6db669d-fe8c-4064-afcf-bc768bf9c3f6_zpsa4c3ti0q.jpg)
And the outcome of the science session was ... a lava lamp.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/89e91df6-d999-4c18-a0ba-dd96c2a9ac72_zpshw9pdmbu.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/a09277d8-cc6e-4836-ad58-2e93f5c49db0_zpsfwyptj6u.jpg)