Candy Corn Science and Fall STEM Activities
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This is a bundle of a candy corn science experiment to dissolve candy corn plus 2 STEM activities: candy corn tower challenge and catapult optimization activity.
Which liquids will dissolve candy corn? Try it and find out! This science experiment has been provided with differentiated and editable options so that you can use the experiment that works best for your students.
There are two ways to do this experiment: find out which liquids will dissolve candy corn, or which dissolve candy corn the fastest. This requires students to record data from a stopwatch or timer, which is a great way to practice those measurement skills.
✅ What You'll Get ✅
- Teacher instructions and lesson plan
- Editable recording page options
- 9 pre-made recording page options including the scientific method
- Labels for recommended liquids to test (see photo)
- History of candy corn passage with follow up questions
- Candy corn chemistry informational text about solutions
- Creativity activities! Students can complete the drawing or design their own candy corn flavor and colors/pattern
✅ Materials Needed ✅
You will need to gather some materials for this experiment:
- candy corn
- liquids to test (choose what is easiest for you to get!): water, vinegar, oil, rubbing alcohol, dish soap, mouthwash, other household liquids you have available, etc.
What's better than a low-prep candy corn STEM challenge? How about 2 of them! In these activities, students will need to use teamwork and perseverance. They will create a tower using just candy corn and one other material. They will also iteratively redesign a simple catapult to maximize the trajectory distance of the candy corn!
✅ What You'll Get ✅
- Teacher instructions and lesson plan
- Editable recording pages
- Differentiated recording page options that guide students through the engineering design process
- 2 STEM activities: tower challenge and catapult optimization challenge
- History of candy corn reading passage with follow-up questions
- Two creativity challenges: "If I made candy corn" (students design their own candy corn) and Complete the Drawing activity
- 3 rubric options
✅ Materials Needed ✅
You won't need a lot of materials for these activities!
- candy corn
- large craft sticks
- rubber bands
- office supplies (optional) such as binder clips, tape, index cards
