A few days ago, my friend and I were doing science for school. I was really desperate not to read a boring book so I asked if we could do an experiment. So my mom said yes and we looked in a book called Last Minute Science Fair Projects So we looked in it until we found a science experiment that wasn't dead boring (like you usually have to do in school) and we did it. We just skimmed through the pages. Here is basically how it sounded: "No, measuring plants is boring." we turned the page, "No, watching mold grow on stuff is boring." we turned the page, "No, Lima bean plants stink badly." we turned the page, "No, watching fruit is boring." we turned the page, "Cutting plants apart is boring." we turned the page, and continued until page 29. "Perfect!" It was one of those experiments that you felt that you wouldn't be able to do in school if you paid the teacher one million dollars. It was: ROCK CANDY!!!!! Once in the zoo, we stopped at the store and i was allowed to get rock candy. It was the first time in my life that I ever got any and it tasted really good. So we started this experiment. The list said that we would need: A paper clip, a piece of string 8 inches long, a glass jar, a pencil, a saucepan, 1 cup of water, 2 cups of sugar, a wooden spoon, and for some reason, they thought we were babies and needed adult supervision. We proved them wrong. The instructions were to tie the paper clip to the end of the string and make sure the paper clip will hang just above the floor of the jar. Pour one cup of water into the saucepan. With "adult supervision", heat the water on the stove. Keep adding sugar and mixing it into the water with the spoon until it won't dissolve into the water anymore. With an "adults help", pour the liquid into the jar until 1 inch of space is left at the top of the jar. Tie the string with the paper clip around the pencil and balance the pencil at the rim of the jar so that the string and paper clip fall in. (We cheated and taped the string instead of tying it.) Let the jar cool off and put it on a shelf or somewhere where it won't be disturbed. Wait two weeks and pull out the paper clip and you'll have rock candy! You can try this with salt too. Two days later, we looked at it and tiny sugar crystals started growing along the string and paper clip. We also noticed that a thin layer of sugar crystals were on top of the water just like ponds in the winter where the ice covers the water. We only have a week and a few days left. (you can add food coloring beforehand so that your rock candy will be a certain color.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Rock Candy!!!!!
A few days ago, my friend and I were doing science for school. I was really desperate not to read a boring book so I asked if we could do an experiment. So my mom said yes and we looked in a book called Last Minute Science Fair Projects So we looked in it until we found a science experiment that wasn't dead boring (like you usually have to do in school) and we did it. We just skimmed through the pages. Here is basically how it sounded: "No, measuring plants is boring." we turned the page, "No, watching mold grow on stuff is boring." we turned the page, "No, Lima bean plants stink badly." we turned the page, "No, watching fruit is boring." we turned the page, "Cutting plants apart is boring." we turned the page, and continued until page 29. "Perfect!" It was one of those experiments that you felt that you wouldn't be able to do in school if you paid the teacher one million dollars. It was: ROCK CANDY!!!!! Once in the zoo, we stopped at the store and i was allowed to get rock candy. It was the first time in my life that I ever got any and it tasted really good. So we started this experiment. The list said that we would need: A paper clip, a piece of string 8 inches long, a glass jar, a pencil, a saucepan, 1 cup of water, 2 cups of sugar, a wooden spoon, and for some reason, they thought we were babies and needed adult supervision. We proved them wrong. The instructions were to tie the paper clip to the end of the string and make sure the paper clip will hang just above the floor of the jar. Pour one cup of water into the saucepan. With "adult supervision", heat the water on the stove. Keep adding sugar and mixing it into the water with the spoon until it won't dissolve into the water anymore. With an "adults help", pour the liquid into the jar until 1 inch of space is left at the top of the jar. Tie the string with the paper clip around the pencil and balance the pencil at the rim of the jar so that the string and paper clip fall in. (We cheated and taped the string instead of tying it.) Let the jar cool off and put it on a shelf or somewhere where it won't be disturbed. Wait two weeks and pull out the paper clip and you'll have rock candy! You can try this with salt too. Two days later, we looked at it and tiny sugar crystals started growing along the string and paper clip. We also noticed that a thin layer of sugar crystals were on top of the water just like ponds in the winter where the ice covers the water. We only have a week and a few days left. (you can add food coloring beforehand so that your rock candy will be a certain color.
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