We had a super fun science-y dinner one night this week. Daddy was out working, so we took lots of pictures to show him what we did. While the burgers were cooking, we set up our experiments. The boys were loving to eat dinner while watching and discussing what was going on.
We had M&Ms soaking in water, candy corn in cold water, candy corn in hot water, Skittles in club soda, and sour gummies in club soda. Some of the reactions were almost immediate . . . the club soda made the Skittles and sour gummies fizz like crazy! The Skittles eventually bled their colors in the fizz. The sour gummies just stayed fizzy and never really changed.
As we ate dinner, we noticed the "skin" of the candy corn in the hot water would float to the top of the glass. The inside sugar part stayed at the bottom of the glass and later melted in the hot water. The candy corn in the cold water took way longer to change, and it never got to the point of the hot water candy corn. It's kind of gross in retrospect!
We also watched the color from the M&Ms make rainbow colors in the water, but we were also amazed that the m&m logo just magically lifts of the candy and floats to the top. So cool!
Lincoln was so interested in checking on our candy trials and ate all of his dinner while we talked.
Beau loved that he got to be involved in a science experiment, and he ate his dinner happily. He wanted to check out each observation that Lincoln made.
Super fun dinner for a random week night! Mommy has a few new science experiments lined up for next week involving food coloring, milk, etc. We also learned that candy is not only delicious but fun to study when tested in different environments. As if candy could get any better . . . perhaps we'll use it more often in science experiments than eating it . . . yeah, right!
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