Candy Experiment

Today we did a fun science experiment. I've had the supplies for a few weeks now but we just never got around to it. 

Supplies: glass or glass jar, variety of candies, hot water

We were at Bulk Barn before Easter and we loaded up on a selection of all different kinds of candy. I made sure we got many kinds... some chocolate, some sugary, some marshmallow, etc. 

We put the kettle on to boil some water, because I knew some of the candies might melt if we used hot water. While we waited, Monkey examined all the candies. He's not really a big fan of candy so he decided that he only wanted to eat the chocolate ones. 

Once the water has boiled, we poured some into our glass jar. 

Then Monkey picked one candy to drop in first. 

He chose a Rocket. I knew it would dissolve so I gave him a spoon to stir  with. Pretty soon the Rocket dissolved!! The other candies that dissolved were the Lego candy and the peppermint. 

Monkey really wanted to eat the Easter chocolate but we had only bought one, silly mommy! He reluctantly dropped it into the hot water. 

The chocolate melted almost right away and definitely changed the water the most. 

Yummmmm. Not. 

Some of the candies did not react at all to the hot water. 

All the gummy candies (carrot, gummy bear, gum drop, sour watermelon, and marshmallow bunny) just got saturated with water, but didn't look very different when we pulled them out. 

Monkey's favourites were the Skittle, gum ball, and Smartie. These candies lost their colour in the water, but stayed the same shape. 

This was a fun experiment for Monkey. Mostly because he got to eat some chocolates and candies, but also because it was interesting to see what happened to them when we put them in the water. Before we dropped each candy in, I asked Monkey what he thought might happen (hypothesis). After observing, I made sure to use  vocabulary like melt, dissolve, etc. while describing what we had seen. 

Delicious and scientific, yay!

Mar