Ms. MacDonald's class paid a visit to the Enrichment Lab this week to explore the question: How does heat change matter? To do this the class compared two solutions. One was cold water with sugar added, the other was boiling water with sugar added. Students noticed that the boiling water dissolved more sugar than the cold water. The hot water also turned a brownish color. The amount of liquid in both containers almost doubled as well! Students had a broad array of ideas on where the sugar went when it was no longer visible in the liquid solutions. To conclude the investigation students put the warm sugary solution in test tubes with a stick. They are hoping to grow sugar crystal. A follow-up will take place after winter-break. If crystals do grow, we will have to figure out how it happened.
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| Hot vs. Cold |
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| Will sugar crystals grow? Wait and see. |
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