Turn leftover Halloween treats (or any holiday treats like Valentine's Day candy) into sweet STEM explorations, by using candy to illustrate scientific and mathematical concepts and processes.
—Candy Dish Natural Selection uses a bowl of candy as a "population," to help students discover how individual traits and variation affect survival.
—Sweetly Balanced Equations gets learners to balance chemical equations using different colors of candy.
—M&M Model of the Atom: Edible Subatomic Particles lets learners add and subtract protons, neutrons, and electrons as they explore the periodic table.
—A Recipe for Air pie graph has learners compare the composition of unpolluted air to air next to a power plant.
—Analyze Candy Using Chromatography shows learners how to separate the color dyes used to decorate candies.
Still have more candy to use up? Search the term "candy" at howtosmile.org to find even more sweet science!