PROJECT IDEAS : INTERMEDIATE PHASE
How to make Sugar Crystals
LEARNING AREA: NATURAL SCIENCES LEARNING OUTCOME 1: SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS The learner will be able to act confidently on curiosity about natural and to investigate relationships and solve problems in scientific, technological and environmental contexts.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
sugar (quarter cup full)	glass
food colouring	pencil or stick
string / wool	tea spoon
glass of water
HOW TO MAKE YOUR SUGAR CRYSTALS: (See photos below)

STEP :	Pour water into a glass (three-quaters full).
STEP :	Start adding sugar, spoon-by-spoon while stiring.
STEP :	Keep stiring and adding sugar until the sugar does not dissolve anymore.
STEP :	Tie the piece of string or wool in the middle of a pencil.
STEP :	Place the pencil over the glass, allowing the string to hang into the sugar water.
STEP :	Now leave your glass in a warm, dry, sunny place so that the water can evapourate.
STEP :	Keep watching and you will see beautiful sugar crystals developing along the string or wool.
STEP :	Make a bracelet or necklace of sugar crystals to sell at your school's next Entrepreneur's Day!