How To Make A Sugar Density Tower Experiment

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Have you ever made a density tower using only sugar?!? Read on to learn more about this interesting science experiment!

So to start off, this one took a lot of patience and it required you to measuring very accurately, but the outcome is so beautiful and it’s totally worth it!

It took us about 30 minutes with quite a few trial and errors. Are you ready for this? If yes, scroll below. If not, still scroll below. =)


Materials:


4 glasses (or flasks similar to the ones we use)
Food coloring– red, yellow, green, blue
An empty Test Tube or a small glass
A liquid measuring cup
A tablespoon
Sugar
Water
4 pipettes
4 stirrers (we used long wooden dowels)



Directions

  1. Pour a cup of water into each of the 4 glasses.
  2. In the first glass, it will contain only water. DO NOT add sugar to the first glass. Move on to the second glass.
  3. Next, add 2 tablespoons (tbsp) of sugar into the 2nd glass. Stir to dissolve.
  4. Add 3 tbsp of sugar into the 3rd glass. Stir to dissolve.
  5. Add 4 tbsp of sugar into the 4th glass. Stir to dissolve.
  6. Next, in the first glass add a drop of red food coloring. Stir.
  7. Add a drop of yellow food coloring into the 2nd glass. Stir.
  8. Add a drop of green food coloring into the third glass. Stir.
  9. Add a drop of blue food coloring into the fourth glass. Stir.
  10. Using a Pipette and an empty test tube/glass, add in a bit of the blue water.
  11. Then, carefully add in the green water.
  12. Next, carefully add in the yellow water.
  13. Finally, carefully add in the red water.


You sugar density rainbow is now complete! How did it come out?

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