Gummy+Bear+Experiment

__**GUMMY BEARS **__

__Emma, Daniel, Maggie, Ian__

__Question__ What happens when you put a gummy bear in salt water and regular water?

__Properties__
 * Various colors
 * Have hands, feet and faces
 * Hair markings on the chest
 * Smells sweet and it smells like sugar
 * Feels squishy and Gummy
 * Opaque
 * Keeps it’s shape no matter how hard squeezed together or stretched apart.
 * Short sound
 * Low sound
 * Taste sugary and Sweet
 * You have to chew it or will stay in one piece

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Properties of the Salt Water Gummy Bears__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Orange
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Red
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shrunk
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bear Shape
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Smooth
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No sound
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Salty Gummy bear (sweet but rotten)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Taste)z
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Solid
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Opaque
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 cm/20 mm

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Properties of the Regular Water__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Red
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Orange
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gummy bear shape
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jello-y
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No Sound
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sweet
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Taste)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Solid
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Opaque
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 cm/30 mm

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__What is Polymers__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Polymer is both a solid and a liquid. I will take the shape of it’s container yet you can hold it in your hand. Polymer molecules chain them self's together unlike solids or liquids. Polymers can stretch and bend shapes that is what makes them so unique. These Gummy bears are polymers such as Jello, Rubber Bands, and other Gummy things. Polly means Many

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Maggie’s prediction- I predict that the gummy bear in the salty water will not dissolve because the salt will keep all it’s sugary goodness together and the gummy bear in just water will dissolve slowly after a while. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emma’s prediction- I predict that salt water will make it dissolve because of the sweetness and saltiness together. But, the regular water would just make it stay the same, not grow or shrink. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ian’s prediction- I predict that salt water would help it preserve the gummy bear. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel’s prediction- I predict that the salt water will make it dissolve. Then the plain water will make the gummy bear grow.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Procedure__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First you get two cups
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">then you get two gummy bears the same color
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After that you fill both the cups with water and only one cup with salt too
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Drop your gummy bears into the cups each in a different cup
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Then you wait a while and watch the magic happen

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Materials **__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Data__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Before2 cm tall 1cm wide <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After water 3cm tall 2cm wide
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">cups
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">coffee filter
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">plates
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">water
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">salt

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gummy bear under water.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__conclusion__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What happens when you put gummy bears in salt water and regular water? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Maggie’s prediction- I predict that the gummy bear in the salty water will not dissolve becausE the salt will keep all it’s sugary goodness together and the gummy bear in just water will dissolve slowly after a while. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emma’s prediction- I predict that salt water will make it dissolve because of the sweetness and saltiness together. But, the regular water would just make it stay the same, not grow or shrink. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ian’s prediction- I predict that salt water would help it preserve the gummy bear. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel’s prediction- I predict that the salt water will make it dissolve. Then the plain water will make the gummy bear grow


 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Gummy Bears of the same color
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cup of regular water
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cup of salt water
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cup of Sprite
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">styrofoam plate
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">paper tea plate tea filter

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is a Polymer? (copied word for word from Mrs. L’s folder)


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Poly means many and mers means parts so polymers means many parts. polygons means many angles
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A polymer is unique because it has the qualities of both a solid and a liquid.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember solid molecules are tight together, liquid molecules spreead out and break apart like drops.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These body parts are made of two different kinds of polymer a water loving polymer that is superabsorbent.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It's called hydrophilic and this type of polymer is found in baby diapers.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The body parts also have a hydrophobic water fearing polymer.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It does not absorb water.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It's job is to keep the original shape of the object.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Conclusion:__


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our question was “What will happen when we put a gummy bear in each cup of salt water, regular water, and Sprite?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Noah’s prediction was not supported by the data.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reid’s prediction was partly supported by the data.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Matt’s prediction was mostly if not completely supported by data.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.)