1 clip the wooden skewer into the clothespin so that it hangs down inside the glass and is about 1 inch 2.5 center meters from the bottom of the glass.
2 remove the skewer and clothespin and put them aside for now Get a helpful adult Pour the water into a pan and bring it to boil.
3 pour about 1/4 cup of sugar into the boiling water, stirring until it dissolves.
4 keep adding more and more sugar, each time stirring it until it dissolves, until no more will dissolve. This will take time and patience and it will take longer for the sugar to dissolve each time.Be sure you don’t give up too soon. Once no more sugar will dissolve, remove it from heat and allow it to cool for at least 20 minutes.
note While it is cooling, some people like to dip half of the skewer in the sugar solution and then roll it in some sugar to help jump start the crystal growth. If you do this, be sure to let the skewer cool completely so that sugar crystals do not fall off when you place it back in the glass.
5 have your friendly ADULT carefully pour the sugar solution into the jar almost to the top. Then submerge the skewer back into the glass making sure that it is hanging straight down the middle without touching the sides.
Kia ora Pau'la,
ReplyDeleteI really admire the patience that this experiment must have taken. I thought the image of your crystal looks huge. Next time you could also add a quality blog post with the instructions for the experiment. Have you eaten your sugar crystal? Was it delicious?
Ngā mihi,
Miss Hickling