| Have
you wondered how hard rock candy crystallizes? Well, here are
the answers and a small project for you to do. The way you can
see how some things in science form is by using a magnifying
glass. Some things, such as cells, can only be seen through microscopes,
but hard rock candy can be seen with both. |
| Look through your
magnifying glass at some plain table sugar. When you make your
solution these tiny crystals are heated and allowed to cool.
This process of heating and then cooling the solution creates
a chemical reaction. Now that you have a chemical reaction do
to the different temperatures, your sugar solution crystallizes
forming rock candy. |
Tips
| Before you start making
rock candy make sure you have a parent to help you. |
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The things you will need to make rock candy:
| pencil, |
| string |
| 2 1/2 cups of sugar |
| a bowl |
| extremely hot water |
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Putting it together
| First wrap the string
around the pencil. |
| Make sure some of
the string is dangling from the pencil to the bottom of the container. |
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| Then place
the pencil across the bowl. |
| Mix the sugar
and the hot water together and pour it into the container. |
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| Check it in
a week and you will have rock candy. |
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Here is an easy project to do
with your rock candy.
- Follow all the steps in making the candy.
- Make a chart.
- Write something and take a picture of the
progress made each day.
- Take a final picture when the week is up.
- Carefully glue the pictures to a large sheet
of paper.
- Add the writing for each day by the picture.
- Now your hard rock candy chart is done.
- How did your candy change as the days went
by?
- How was it the same?
- Answer these questions for fun, if you want
an extra challenge.
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