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Dissolving Speed and Water Temperature

Time how long sugar takes to dissolve in cold, warm and hot water, then explain what you see.

Grade 5ExperimentScienceChemistryMeasurementData AnalysisIntermediate30 to 45 min6 materialsAdult supervision required

What you'll learn

  • Control all variables except water temperature
  • Measure time with a stopwatch and temperature with a thermometer
  • Explain dissolving using moving particles

Objective

Test how water temperature changes the speed at which sugar dissolves and explain the pattern with particles.

STEM concepts

Solutions and dissolvingTemperatureParticle motionControlled variables
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