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American Museum of Natural History: Grow Rock Candy ActivityAmerican Museum of Natural History: Grow Rock Candy Activity
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
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Grade
2nd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Lexile Measures
980L
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American Museum of Natural History: Grow Rock Candy

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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 heated and that sometimes those changes may not be reversible.

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Concepts

cooling, crystals, minerals

Additional Tags

heating, properties, physical change, crystal shape

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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