Maple Syrup for Pancakes, Waffles, and …….. Crystals By : Darain Huff Date : 12/5/14

My Science Question How does the temperature [ hot, cold, room] affect the maple syrup crystal size ?

Why I chose my project I chose my project because, I have heard of syrup crystals before. The crystals sounded cool to try to make. I have never seen any kind of crystal before and wanted to know what they looked like.

Variables Independent:The temperature of the crystal cooling Dependent: size of crystal Constant: amount of syrup,size of pan,syrup brand

Hypothesis If you test how temperature affects maple syrup crystal size then cold temperatures will make the crystals bigger. winner losers

Items used 3 muffin pans refrigerator maple syrup lamp an adult 1 cup measurer

Data 0 crystals formed 0 crystals 0 crystal formed formed Under lamp Room temp. Freezer temp. 0 crystals formed 0 crystals formed 0 crystal formed

. Conclusion How does temperature affect the maple syrup crystal size ? I took 3 pans with solid ice and poured maple syrup on all 3 pans. Place one pan in the freezer. Put pan 2 on a kitchen table. Put pan 3 under a lamp. Then wait two hours. No cyrastals were formed. My hypateis was no correct because, I thought that in the coolder tempetures would make bigger cyrastals but no cyrastals were form at all. I learnd that it is very hard to form cyrsals. No cyrsatals formed and I ould have used a butter pan.