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Science Is Fun: Candy Chromatography ActivityScience Is Fun: Candy Chromatography Activity
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Science is Fun
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4th - 8th
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Science Is Fun: Candy Chromatography

Curated by ACT

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.

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Concepts

capillary action, chromatography

Additional Tags

color chromatography, color separation, mobile phase, science experiment, stationary phase

Classroom Considerations

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

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