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In this activity, learners make their own rock candy. Crystals will grow from a piece of string hanging in a cup of sugar water. The edible crystals may take up to a week to form. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]
- Under 5 minutes
- 1 to 7 days
- 1 cent - $1 per student
- Ages 6 - 18
- Activity, Experiment/Lab Activity
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per student)
- glass jar or drinking glass
- piece of cotton string
- pencil or stick
- paper clip
- 240 ml (1 cup) of water
- 480 ml (2 cups) of sugar
- additional sugar
Subjects
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Physical Sciences
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Chemistry
- Chemical Bonding
- States of Matter
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Structure and Properties of Matter
- Atomic Structure
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Chemistry
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The Nature of Science
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The Scientific Process
- Conducting Investigations
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The Scientific Process
Informal Categories
- Food and Cooking
Audience
To use this activity, learners need to:
- see
- touch
Learning styles supported:
- Involves hands-on or lab activities
Other
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Access Rights:
- Free access
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Rights:
- All rights reserved, Ontario Science Centre, 2011