Make Rock Sugar Crystals

Making your own rock candy is a fun and tasty way to grow crystals and see the structure of sugar on a big scale.

Make rock sugar crystals.

The granulated sugar will become seed crystals which give the dissolved sugar something to cling to and a point at which to start crystallizing. Grow sugar crystals and make homemade rock candy with this simple chemistry experiment. Are your kids always in the kitchen looking for a snack. Rock candy which is composed of sugar crystals is one of the oldest forms of candy.

It is a great opportunity for kids to learn how different substances change when heated cooled and mixed with other substances. It s easy to grow your own sugar crystals which are also known as rock candy because the crystallized sucrose also known as table sugar resembles rock crystals and you can eat your finished product. It is exciting for children to make because the progress of the crystal formation can be followed day by day building anticipation for the finished candy. This is absolutely sweet science.

How about next time they are looking for a sweet treat you add some fun learning to their snack request. It s also an excellent opportunity to get creative in the kitchen because the color and flavoring combinations you can create are endless. This recipe is for rock candy that you can eat. You only need a few common kitchen materials for this crystal project.

Sugar crystals are called rock candy because these hard crystals are edible. Growing sugar crystals is a fun and easy science experiment for kids. Better yet it doubles as a science experiment because you get to watch the sugar crystals grow. Sugar sucrose crystals are one of the few types of crystals you can grow and eat.

This guide shows you how to make your own sugar crystals watch this and other related films here. The seed crystals make it easier for the rock candy to grow and may speed up the process by giving crystallizing sugar an easy target for attachment. As the water evaporates sugar crystals form on the string or stick and the shapes that they form reflect the shape of individual sugar crystals. The key is giving them lots of time about 7 days to grow.

When you make rock candy you can see the shape of sugar crystals on a giant scale. Making sugar crystals on a stick are simple to make and the kids will enjoy eating the finished product. You can grow clear beautiful sugar crystals with sugar and water or you can add food coloring to get colored crystals. Kids will be amazed to watch as the sugar crystals grow and increase in size over 2 to 3 days.

3 cups sugar sucrose. Sugar crystals in granulated sugar display a monoclinic form but you can see the shape much better in homegrown large crystals.