Gummi Bear Lab Report

I weighed out one hundred and fifty milliliters of potassium chlorate and presented it to the hesitant little girl. She looked as frightened as a mouse staring in the eyes of a cat. "Christy... I..I.." she stuttered. "You'll do fine." I interrupted. She was barely twelve and repeatedly told me she had never conducted an experiment before. I lit the Bunsen Burner and reassured her that everything would be just fine. Then, I instructed her to scoop the crystalline solid in a tube and fix the tube over the flame. I offered her a smile stuffed with motivation and luckily, she took it and used it as energy to complete the step. We awaited for the potassium chlorate to liquefy and then added the bust of the Gummi bear. Nothing happened. We uneasily glanced at each …show more content…
We conducted the experiment one more after analyzing our whole procedure twice; this time she tilted the tube at a 45 degree angle. Ssssshh shck shck block bop bop bop bop, the firework was a shade of purple you would see only at dawn or dusk: the light within it illuminating and mystic. The girl was ecstatic; she was able to analyze the experiment and change the apparatus so that results could be yield correctly. I helped conduct this experiment at the summer camp sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Future Health Scientists Partnership Program. I have been apart of Future Health Scientists since I was ten. Through my incessant participation I have been able to rise to the position of Junior Mentor. As a Junior Mentor I am bestowed with the responsibility of helping children in the groups below me and answering any questions they may have. For the past two summers I have been a camp counselor for forty seven eighth graders and fifty five seventh graders. My tasks range from preparing solutions that they use for their experiments to passing out pizza that is for their lunch. This activity has instilled in me hope for the future. When I watch