| Explore | The salt put in the water for the celery caused the celery to become limp and squishy. It did not bend a lot, one of them not bending at all. Celery also has natural sugars that it produces itself. |
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| Research Question | Does sugar change the bending of celery? |
| Predictions | The celery with 5 grams of sugar will bend more and get crispy, the one with 10 grams might bend a little but become soft. |
| Experimental Design | We get three cups, three pieces of celery (same width- 3cm, and length- 9 cm). One cup has plain water, one has water with 5 grams of sugar, and one has 10 grams of sugar. Place one celery in each cup, and watch what happens. Keep in room temperature. Record the findings. |
| Conclusion | The 10g celery got disgusting and very squishy. It fell apart when we tried to measure it. The 5g one got slightly squishy. The control was the same as before. |
| Investigation Theme | CEL |
| Grade Level | High School Students (Grades 9,10,11,12) |
| Teacher Name | Carla Case-Sweeney |
| School Name | Santaluces High School |
| Session | Fall 2021 |