The Wonderful Trip
You will never guess where I went today! Okay I'll tell you. We went to the stunning and awesome Science Center!! I saw, heard and even experienced so many things. But, there is one special thing that really stood out much more than the others.
Okay, this may sound a little fake, but I really did learn a lot from this project. I made my very own homemade CANDY! Eating it wasn't really the glory. In fact, I was a bit disappointed when there was no more to the process. I've got a question, where does sugar come from? You are probably thinking in your head, sugarcane. Who would have known it only comes from sugarcane 70% of the time? When our instructor asked us this question, almost everyone's hand shot up into the air. After receiving the plant, sugarcane, we were asked what else. Not a single hand raised up.
Okay, this may sound a little fake, but I really did learn a lot from this project. I made my very own homemade CANDY! Eating it wasn't really the glory. In fact, I was a bit disappointed when there was no more to the process. I've got a question, where does sugar come from? You are probably thinking in your head, sugarcane. Who would have known it only comes from sugarcane 70% of the time? When our instructor asked us this question, almost everyone's hand shot up into the air. After receiving the plant, sugarcane, we were asked what else. Not a single hand raised up.
No student in the room had known this but, the other 30% of sugar is extracted from sugar beets and really sweet fruits. How is this? Your sugar isn't always from where you think. This was a new thing that I had never known. I'm glad I learned it. It could useful for the future. You never know when a good piece of information can help.
Making the candy was also quite fun. Advice from my teacher: never make candy on a humid day. Luckily, it wasn't very humid inside the science kitchen. I had thought putting in the right amount of ingredients was the only thing that would affect the delicious project. Then there was a thermometer on the board that Ms. Xu ( instructor) showed us things on. Temperature. It was the key.
It needed to be perfect. Too high could make it too hard. Too soft would make like fudge. We wanted lollipops. That had to be right in the middle. Then the humidity made sense. That would affect the temperature! It would not be a proper lollipop. So many important things. If you found a recipe for candy and it was a humid day, you would know not to make any.
Optical illusions, those really tricked me up. Live head on the platter, look through the holes and things look different, objects appear to move while actually still, and so many more. Cotton candy, heated up, melted and shifted into screens, also my favorite part of the day. Facts about candy as well as using them to MAKE candy. This day was so full of excitement. I've told you all I've learned today. I have got to see some of the simplest, but coolest, things that are amazing once you see. I strongly recommend to come to the Science Center. You learn so many things!
It needed to be perfect. Too high could make it too hard. Too soft would make like fudge. We wanted lollipops. That had to be right in the middle. Then the humidity made sense. That would affect the temperature! It would not be a proper lollipop. So many important things. If you found a recipe for candy and it was a humid day, you would know not to make any.
Optical illusions, those really tricked me up. Live head on the platter, look through the holes and things look different, objects appear to move while actually still, and so many more. Cotton candy, heated up, melted and shifted into screens, also my favorite part of the day. Facts about candy as well as using them to MAKE candy. This day was so full of excitement. I've told you all I've learned today. I have got to see some of the simplest, but coolest, things that are amazing once you see. I strongly recommend to come to the Science Center. You learn so many things!
I loved going tho the science center, it was the best field trip ever! You learned so much from this fantastic experience. What was your favorite color cotton candy? Did you prefer the cotton candy or lollipop? I preferred the cotton candy, I didn't really like the lollipop.
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