Gingernut experiment

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We had a question. What would happen to a gingernut and some M&Ms when we put them in water. The class made predictions about it. What do you think will happen? 

The gingernuts.

My prediction was that the gingernut will start to crumble and disintegrate, then it will fall to the bottom of the cup. My group had a smaller cup. 

We dropped the gingernut into the water, it floated on the top for about 30 seconds. Then it fell straight to the bottom and sat there. We watched closely, and we found that bubbles were starting to form around the gingernut. Throughout the day the gingernut started to lose its colour. We found that all of the ginger that gave it, it's colour had fallen to the bottom of the cup. As the day went further the gingernut got softer.  

Our class decided that we would leave the gingernut overnight. When we came back the next day, the gingernut had swelled and was like the consistency of oatmeal and jelly. 

The M&Ms

Next, it was the M&Ms turn. My prediction was that the M&M will lose all its colour and mix with the water. 

To start we got 2 M&Ms my group got one orange and one blue. We dropped the blue M&M about 15 seconds before we drop the orange one in. Almost immediately the orange M&M started losing colour. We thought this was weird because the blue M&M had been it the water longer. After a while both M&Ms were completely white and the colour was mixing a little. We left it overnight like the gingernut and the next day the M&Ms were completely brown and some were broken in half.

Here are some photos of this experiment 

All of our experiments turned out different. That is what's fun, you can never predict what will happen.