Gummy Bear Osmosis

 Aim: 

I want to find out what happens to Gummy Bears when we put them into different liquids. 

Prediction: 

I think that the Gummy Bears will large up or get smaller and taste different because of the liquids. 

Method: 

Equipment 

• 3 solutions - water, sugar and salt
• 4 Gummy Bears of the same colour
• 2 Petri dish 
• Marker/Pen
• Electronic Balance
• Measuring Cylinder
• Beaker

Instructions 

1. Collect your equipments
2. Label the Petri dish with dry water, salt water and sugar water
3. Weigh the Gummy Bears and record the weight on the Petri Dish
4. Add 40ml of the solution onto the Petri dish

Results: 

(before) 

(after ruesults) 

	Dry	Water	Sugar Water	Salt Water
Starting Weight	5.58g	5.58g	5.58g	5.58g
Final Weight	5.41g	6.93g	6.57g	6.15g
Weight Change	0.17g	1.32g	0.99g	0.57g
Final Volume	0ml	32ml	23ml	21ml
Water lost	0	8	17	19