We made Sugar Crystals (Rock Candy)! 🍭 😃 Such a cool, EDIBLE 😋 science project! ⚠️ Advance Warning: This experiment does require patience! ⚠️ A few weeks ago, we decided to have a go at another ‘quick and easy’ science experiment! Spoiler alert: whilst this is very definitely easy and the set up is, relatively, ‘quick,’ there’s nothing all that ‘quick’ about the results! 🙈 But, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth doing! (There is also a way to speed up the process, which I will include too...it means that results will take a few DAYS rather than the 4 WEEKS ours took 🙈) This experiment can be adapted to suit a really wide range of age groups from EYFS, to include Scientific concepts covered in KS2 and even KS3! It’s is a fun way to, potentially, teach kids about: - States of matter - Properties of liquids, solids and gases - Changing states - Reversible and irreversible changes - Dissolving - Solutions - Saturation - Evaporation - Precipitation - Patterns - Energy All from 2 ingredients; sugar and water! So, sure, it takes a little while to complete...but, the result is well worth it! And, there are lots of observations to be made during the process too. Checking in on it every day for a month was actually a pretty fun focus point. Plus, this experiment is also edible! So, what’s not to love?! How much of the science 🧪 behind everything you choose to delve into and divulge will very much depend upon how old your children are. But, there really is something for everyone to enjoy about this. My two year just old loved checking on his crystals every day and thought it looked really cool once it was finished! Then he asked if he could eat it? I think that was his favourite part!🤷🏻♀️😂 What you will need: - A clear cup or glass - A pencil - A pipe cleaner or piece of string - 1 cup warm water - 1.5 cups of granulated sugar - Some food colouring (optional) - Flavouring (if you’re planning on eating your sugar crystals as ‘rock candy’ a flavour, such as peppermint, may be added if you like) For the full ‘How To’ and the Science behind it all, find us on Facebook @ThreeBeansPlaytime #threebeansplaytime #3beansplaytime #ediblescience https://www.instagram.com/p/CBt4DEknA1S/?igshid=ga9m5wubqmng
