sweet school
We were studying the effects of heat on different substances, like sugar and salt:
Mommy tried heating the sugar over open flame first:
Then, confident that it wouldn’t burn anyone, I let Giant take over:
Fascinating!:
…and quite messy:
In conjunction with our experiments, we explored the effects heat has on sugar and vinegar…We made candy!
It bubbled small and fast at first in the thin liquid:
Then the bubbles got bigger and didn’t pop quite as readily in the thicker, slightly golden liquid:
When I thought it was ready (just making a guess), I spooned it into buttered pans and added flavourings. I kept stirring to see if it was thick enough to pull…:
Then I pulled the new substance, filling it with air and cooling it down:
The boys helped pull when the candy had cooled down a bit more. We stretched it into long, thin strands:
And enjoyed our yummy science experiment:
