Gummy+Bear+Experiment+2

by Matt, Reid, and Noah
 * __ Gummy Bear Experiment __**

** Observations of the Gummy Bear ** ** By Noah **


 * 1) ===== Bright Yellow, kind of a gold color. =====
 * 2) ===== Shape of a bear, it is dented in some places and it has bulging arms and legs. =====
 * 3) ===== The bear is smooth on one side and rough on the other, it also has indentations for the eyes and mouth. =====
 * 4) ===== No sound but when you drop it it makes a low sound that is medium loud =====
 * 5) ===== Has a sweet smell that smells somewhat like orange. =====
 * 6) ===== Sweet taste and tastes like orange. =====
 * 7) ===== It is made out of Polymers and jelly =====
 * 8) ===== Solids =====
 * 9) ===== Translucent =====

10. 2 Centimeters
__** Observations of the Green Gummy Bear by Matt **__
 * 1) Light green at the bottom when it’s lying down, and a darker green up by the hands, belly, face, and legs
 * 2) Roughy oblong, the shape of a small baby bear/raccoon/rabbit figure. Dented.
 * 3) When lying down on it’s back, is smooth on the sides and back and is bumpy in front by it’s face; squishy and spongy
 * 4) Pitch of the gummy bear when dropped is low, the duration is short, the sound was single and not repeated, the volume is medium
 * 5) Smells faintly sweet.
 * 6) Sweet, very sweet. For texture on the inside, smooth and slimy. Gooey.
 * 7) Polymer; both liquid and solid.
 * 8) Translucent
 * 9) 2 centimeters long, gummy bear

**__Observations of a Orange Gummy__** **__By Reid__**
1. It is orange and sort of clear,it is in the shape of a gummy bear or\and it is roughly in the shape of a oblong 2. It has a texture of spongy, smooth, squishy, and there is a little bit of a rough texture on the back side of the yellow gummy bear. 3. No sound, even if you drop it there is still no sound. 4. The gummy bears sort of smell artificially fruit flavored 5. the taste is sweet, maybe a little bit like a mango 6. It is made out of polymers and some jelly\rubbery like substance 7. it is a solid 8.the orange gummy bear is some what translucent 9.My gummy bear is 2 centimeters long, and it is as small as a peanut

**__ Gummy Bear Experiment __**

** Question **

What happens when we put a Gummy Bear in salty water, regular water, and Sprite after?

** Predictions **

Noah’s Prediction

I think that in the salty water the Gummy Bear will kind of crystallize because the salt in the water might stick to the Gummy Bear. I think that when we put it in the regular water it will do nothing because it is made out of Polymer and Polymer is partially made out of water. And I think that when we use the Sprite it will also stay the same because Sprite is like water in many ways and I predicted that water would not do anything to the Gummy Bear.

Matt’s Prediction ====I predict that in all of the waters and sodas, the gummy bears will puff up and get more slimy. I think that the sugar on the gummy bears will dissolve and make the liquids get cloudier. I predict that there won’t be much of a difference between the three liquids and gummy bears. I think that air bubbles will stick to the gummy bears.====

Reid’s Prediction
====I predit that the gummy bear will grow by obsorbing the liquid for the water. I think that the salt water will eat away at the gummy bear.I also thought that the gummy bear that was in the sprite would grow and enlargen in size.====

**__ Procedure: __**


 * 1) Write down question, predictions, and observations
 * 2) We were going to take pictures of all of the gummy bears and liquids before the bears went into the liquid-filled cups, but something happened.
 * 3) Put one orange gummy bear in the salt water, water, and Sprite at the same time so the answer to the question is accurate.
 * 4) Record the time.
 * 5) Let it sit overnight until the start of science. We’ll observe the gummy bears at 1:00 tomorrow while they’re in the liquids (according to Matt’s watch). The gummy bears will be in for 23 hours and thirty minutes.

__Materials:__
 * 1) Three Gummy Bears of the same color
 * 2) Cup of regular water
 * 3) Cup of salt water
 * 4) Cup of Sprite
 * 5) styrofoam plate
 * 6) paper tea plate tea filter

**__ Observations of Water, Salt Water,and Sprite- Soaked Gummy Bears and What Happened to the Cups: __** by Matt, Reid, and Noah

Salt Water Soaked Gummy Bear and Cup

10.Opaque. 11.2 centimeters long, 1 ¼ centimeters wide, about 1 centimeter thick
 * 1) The Gummy Bear that we soaked in salt water it didn’t get very much larger and it kept it’s shape pretty well. The size of the gummy bear might have even shrank a little bit.
 * 2) I think it changed color, because it started out a solid orange. Now, it’s more of a peachy, skin color orange.
 * 3) It didn’t keep the exact shape of the non soaked gummy bear, the features dullened and sank back into the body. Now, all it has left of limbs are little bumps. If you gently press on it, it pops back to it’s original shape immediately.
 * 4) Very, very slimy and squishy. Cold. If you put your finger on it and then take it off, you’ll have a very slimy and ,liquid like residue on your appendage.
 * 5) No sound (we can’t drop it)
 * 6) I thought that the smell was way stronger, still sweet. It was very sharp, tangy, and left an stingy tangy tste in your mouth. Way stronger. Way.
 * 7) We can’t taste it (gross!)
 * 8) Polymer, jelly, salt water, gummy bear.
 * 9) Polymer, both solid and liquid. It has properties of both.

** Observations about Gummy Bear in the Cup of Salt Water **
 * 1) Many air bubbles had stuck to the orange gummy
 * 2) The gummy bear was kind of blurry as viewed through the salt water.

** Observations about Cup with Salt Water (after the gummy bear had been in and out) **


 * 1) The cup that had had the gummy bear and salt water in it had what looked like very light orange pulp covering the bottom, top, and sides of the cup. There was also some of the pulp floating around in the salt water.

** Regular Water Soaked Gummy Bear and Cup **

5. Wish I could taste it but might not be the best idea, I bet it would probably taste like Orange soda too. 6. The materials are now Polymer, jelly, and water. 7. The state of matter is solid and liquid. 8. Translucent 9. No measurement
 * 1) The water soaked Gummy Bear keeps it’s shape pretty well but it was drastically enlarged. So, it’s pretty much just like the normal Gummy Bear but very, very big.
 * 2) When you touch it it goes back to it’s original shape, it is also very slimy and watery. I think it is pretty much like Jello.
 * 3) It has no sound
 * 4) The smell is more noticeable or fragrant than the regular Gummy Bear, and it smellslike orange soda like Fanta or Orange Soda.

** Sprite soaked gummy bear and cup ** 1.The sprite soaked gummy bear doesn’t keep its shape very well, and part of it is leaking on the outside on the bottom like the bottom is leaking or melting out from under it. 2. It is a squishy, liquid like residue that sticks to any thing that touches it. 3.No sound, not even if you move it 4. It smells artificiall, and pretty fruity. 5. We did not taste them 6. It is made out of polyers and a jelly like substance. 7.It is translusent 8. we did not measure them

**__What is a Polymer? (copied word for word from Mrs. L’s folder)__**
 * Poly means many and mers means parts so polymers means many parts. polygons means many angles
 * A polymer is unique because it has the qualities of both a solid and a liquid.
 * A polymer can sometimes take the shape of it's containers like a liquid does, yet you can hold it in your hand and pick it up like a solid.
 * Remember solid molecules are tight together, liquid molecules spreead out and break apart like drops.
 * Polymer molecules chain themselves together they can stretch and bend like chains and that makes them special. Jell-o, rubber bands, and gum are all forms of polymers.
 * These body parts are made of two different kinds of polymer a water loving polymer that is superabsorbent.
 * It's called hydrophilic and this type of polymer is found in baby diapers.
 * The body parts also have a hydrophobic water fearing polymer.
 * It does not absorb water.
 * It's job is to keep the original shape of the object.

**__Conclusion:__**


 * Our question was “What will happen when we put a gummy bear in each cup of salt water, regular water, and Sprite?
 * What happened is that the gummy bear in the salt water stayed the same and kiind of lost it’s shape and changed it’s color, the gummy bear in water just drastically grew, keeping it’s shape, and the gummy bear in Sprite kind of grew and lost it’s shape, sort of dissolving and melting.
 * Noah’s prediction was not supported by the data.
 * Reid’s prediction was partly supported by the data.
 * Matt’s prediction was mostly if not completely supported by data.
 * We were surprised how much the gummy bears grew, and how the salt water gummy bear either shrank or stayed the same size and changed color. We were also kind of surprised by how the gummy bears left a kind of flakey, pulp residue behind in the liquids.
 * A new quesion to investigate is: “What would happen if we put a gummy bear in salt water, regular water, and Spite? (all of the three liquids, for one gummy bear.)