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Gummy Bear Conclusion 3 2012

The gummy bears absorbed the water and grew bigger. What happened was due to Osmosis ( please see the bottom of our conclusion ). As the water went in the gummy bears, the gummy bears became more like water. (fragile/wigley etc.)
 * What happened in my experiment?

In the first step of my investigation we put a gummy bear in each glass of salt, distilled, and tap water just as planned. In the second step of our experiment we recorded all the required dimensions every 24 hours in the next 48 hours. In the 3rd and final step we cleaned up and threw away everything but the data.
 * What happened in each step of my experiment?

The answer to my question was that the gummy bear constantly grew larger, but we also learned that the gummy bear could only grow so much bigger. Another thing that happened was the gummy bears lost their color and the water got the color of the gummy bears.
 * What was the answer to my question?

John-no it was not, I was close, they did grow, but more than I expected. Josh-My hypothesis was not correct. The reason it was incorrect was because the gummy bear grew and lost its color which I didn’t think it would do either. Zachary-My hypothesis was correct because my gummy bear expanded as well as it lost it's color. So my answer is yes it was supported.
 * Was my hypothesis supported or not supported by the data?

John-yes, in fact, even better. I think that it was very impressive what happened Josh- Yes. I was surprised at how much the distilled water grew, although I would have liked the salt water to have grown more than it did. Zachary-
 * Did my experiment turn out the way I want it?

John- The effect of syrup on gummy bears. I think it would be a good experiment Zachary- The effect of Mountain Dew Voltage on gummy bears.( Mountain Dew Voltage is a type of Mountain Dew ) Josh- I would like to put a gummy bear in vinegar. I think it will be interesting to see what happens to it.
 * Another variable I would like to investigate would be

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 * Why did my experiment go the way it did: The gummy bears grew because of osmosis. Osmosis is where a liquid goes through a sheet that is only passable by certain small molecules to the other side where the solvent concentration is higher, therefore making the solvent concentration on either side of the sheet the same.
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