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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Grow Rock Candy

For Students 2nd - 5th
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...
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science bob.com: Make Your Own Rock Candy!

For Students 3rd - 5th
This concise site provides directions for creating rock candy using a super-saturated sugar water solution. Describes super-saturation following the procedure.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Using Dissolving to Identify an Unknown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students first observe a solubility test between salt and sugar. Next, they design their own solubility test with four known crystals and an unknown to discover the identity of the unknown.

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