Candy Rocks!

This was the exciting title of Skyla’s science fair project this year.  After going through many, many choices and ideas we ended up making rock candy for three weeks straight.  There was time spent on research, experiments, data collection and design of project.  It all turned out well, but I will admit I did a little happy dance when it disappeared out of my door last Wednesday. 

(This is what we use shot glasses for in our house these days...  to grow sugar crystals!)

The after school Science Fair was this past Monday and oh what a night it is.  A night for the children to show off their hard work, for parents to be proud and secretly show off their hard work and for adults to be completely humbled by the projects of the middle school students whose titles sometimes need an interpreter. 

 

It was a great time though and it was fun to see all of the great ideas these little minds have.  The middle school puts on an interactive science fair in the cafeteria each year and this year the theme was candy!  The more the better.  Everywhere you looked there were bowls of candy, sheets of cookies, tubes of icing, plates of treats and all sorts of different thing to earn them or play with them.  There were actually signs advertising candy to entice little sticky fingers to come and play. 

(The girls are making cookies decorated as different cell types of the body)

(Journey and Skyla enjoying their assorted marshmallow and Twizzlers DNA helix)

We left the science fair experience this year with a clear idea of sugar crystals, how they grow and their history.  We also left with exhaustion, a sense of accomplishment, scientific morsels from all areas of the subject and belly aches from far too much fun.  Home for some saltine crackers, cheese and almonds so mommy can sleep knowing I at least tried to mask the fact that they had sugar for dinner and then off to bed.

Goodbye science fair 2012 and onto Pterodactyls for the diorama project due next week.