Though rock candy seems to be a simple enough treat, it is also pretty interesting to make. Crystallized sugar that can be grown from a sugar-water solution is just how rock candy is made. In this experiment, you will learn to make your...

In candy making, corn syrup is known as an "interfering agent." You can find out just what this agent does by making two batches of lollipops, one with corn syrup and one without and examining the differences between the two. Once you...

Many medicines come in bottles with special child-proof caps so that small children can't accidentally open the bottle and eat the pills. To a small child who can't read the label, the pills might look just like candy. This project helps...

Did you know that your body has a built-in cooler? And it might not be what you think. Sweat is produced when you are hot, but its purpose is actually to cool your body as the water in it evaporates from your skin. In this science fair...

Learn how bacteria could be utilized to make candy that doesn't cause cavities.

These chilling candy poisonings might make you rethink trick-or-treating. Rumors of tainted, poisoned or otherwise murderous Halloween candy handed out to youngsters are as much a part of the Halloween tradition as costumes and sing-song...

Estimate the volume you get when you fill 3D shapes with candy. This video focuses on estimating volume using nonstandard units, using the volume equation to get a more reliable estimate and checking your estimate by counting the...

One of the characteristics that makes M&Ms so popular is dye that colors the hard shell, and of course the chocolate. But, many are unaware of what dyes are used to make those colors. This day long lab uses paper chromatography to...

Follow these illustrated, step-by-step instructions to use chromatography as a tool in identifying a mystery candy.

In this experiment, you learn about chromatography when you separate the dyes in candies like M & M's and Skittles to see how many dyes are in each color.

Make your own rainbow candy in this fun STEM activity. You will do it without using any food coloring. Instead, you will use a light-bending phenomenon called diffraction.

Halloween Candy Hunt is fun holiday activity for kids of all ages. The object of this Halloween activity is to simply find the hidden candy. Look carefully at the pictures and click/tap on the candy to collect them. This Halloween Candy...

Ready, set, count! It looks easy at first, but paying close attention to the candies coming out on the conveyor belt gets trickier as the pace picks up. It also gets much funnier. Let's see just how accurate our counting abilities really...

Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated lesson that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.

Candy Timbermen is a fun arcade game for the whole family! Help the Timberman cut down candy cane trees. Be careful of branches though! This simple game is a lot of fun to play but challenging to master.

In this activity students learn to use estimation to determine the number of candies in various size cylinders. They compare estimated numbers to actual numbers and investigate the relationship between the two numbers.

In this game students make as many words as they can from the letters provided to earn candy.

Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit create zero gravity candy corn balls on the International Space Station. [2:57]

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry uses fractions to pack boxes of truffles at a candy store.

In this video segment from Cyberchase, two friends make rock candy while learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes.

This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will distinguish vowel letters from consonant letters. An answer key and lesson extension are included.

Maple syrup is deliciously gooey and great on breakfast foods like pancakes and waffles. But it has another amazing property. It can form crystals under the right circumstances, and the crystals change in size and shape, depending on...

This concise site provides directions for creating rock candy using a super-saturated sugar water solution. Describes super-saturation following the procedure.

Students can carry out an investigation using sugar and water to determine whether heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. This activity reinforces the ideas that the properties of materials can change when...