Science M & M experiment

We have been studying the inquiry skills of a scientist. It's no fun to just listen to what scientists do and how they think, so we actually thought like scientists and did a quick experiment.  We discussed why m & ms melt in your mouth and not in your hand.  What a great discussion!!  There are certainly lots of budding scientists in our room :)

We then predicted what might happen if we place m &ms in water. Students had to write their predictions down. We discussed what might happen to the water?, will we ever see the chocolate?, will the crispy shell fade away? Then each table got different colored m & ms and told to put them in separate areas of the bowl. Students had to note their observations on their science paper. We also walked around and looked at other tables.


Colors are starting to fade.

















The colors have faded and now the crispy shell is white.

The kids were excited to see the "m" from the crispy shell actually float to the top of the water. Look carefully above the red m & m and you can see the "m" has separated. Now you can see the chocolate.