Gummy Bear Lab

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Solution Effect on Gummy Bear/Cell Size

What are the effects of different solutions on the size of a cell? To find a solution this problem my group conducted an experiment/lab. The variables changed (Independent Variable) were the solutions, and the results were the change in size of the gummy bear/cell (Dependant Variable). The control group,to compare our results, was a gummy bear that was not put into any solution. The standardized variables were the color of the gummy bear, the same brand of cup, the amount of solution in each cup, and the amount of time each gummy bear spent in the solution.

The materials my group used were three identical plastic cups, four gummy bears of the same color, one plastic spoon, one roll wax paper, one sharpie marker, one roll plastic wrap, one graduated cylinder, 25 mL super saturated salt solution, 25 mL distilled water, 25 mL 80% sugar solution, and one 12 inch ruler. The procedure my group made follows these steps. …show more content…

Measure the length, width, and depth of one gummy bear on wax paper with the ruler.
Label the cups to with the sharpie to correspond with the three solutions, supersaturated salt, distilled water, and 80% sugar solution.
Place each gummy bear into each labeled cup
Add 25mL of each solution to the corresponding cup.
Cover the top of each cup with enough plastic wrap to prevent evaporation.
Wait 24 hours to let the solution react with the gummy bear
Remove plastic wrap/tinfoil.
Remove gummy bear from each cup with the plastic spoon and place on wax paper
Record the length, width, and depth of the gummy bear (Quantitative) along with the color of the bears (Qualitative). Record this data in a data table after the first 24 hour

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