Ms. Cortrino’s Floating Candyland. Which candy will float.
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Ms. Cortrino’s Floating
Candyland
Which candy will float
If I place different types of candy in water, then I think the ones made of marshmallows will float
because they are made mostly of air.
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Students in the
classroom
• Various candies, such as:
• Whoppers, • Kit Kat bars, • marshmallows, • chocolate hearts, • Reese’s,
• hard candies, • conversation
hearts, • truffles, • Babyruth• Caramel hearth• Blow pop• Bowls and cups
with water
1. Drop the candy in the water.
2. Watch what happens: Does it sink or float? Record Data/Results
3. Multiple trials
I changed the types of candies I placed in the water.
The things that stayed the same were the amount of water and the containers.
Sink Float
We learned that candy made mostly of air will float.
1. http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/experiments/candy_sink.html
2. http://www.candyexperiments.com/
3.https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By_1Di6nSG4HS2xTN2ZDWTBnczA/edit?pli=1