Chemistry Time~

As most of you know, Steve is an organic chemist...very close to getting his PhD in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.  He's really into molecules and stuff like that...me, not so much.  So, when Bella's "grow your own crystals" kit didn't grow a crystal that was quite as cool as the picture on the box, Steve stepped in with a very good plan...let's just grow our own sugar crystals...chemistry and candy...bonus!

First, Steve and the girls cooked up a solution of sugar water.

Then, the girls added food coloring and the jars of "syrup" went on the shelf...we let them grow for about 6 (maybe 7) weeks.

Tonight, we took the crystals out...so cool!   They got some really good crystal samples out of this little project.  The girls oohed and aahed and it was fun to watch Steve too.  Sometimes he has to grow crystals in the lab and getting good specimens is always great...he was very excited about how well these crystals grew...too bad the ones he grows aren't as yummy as these!

I loved photographing them and the girls enjoyed nibbling them...rock candy, anyone?

Science and candy...a great combo!

Enjoy a treat~
Rach