Jelly Bean Practical

By Mia, Olivia & Tarsha

AIM

To see how long it takes for the jelly beans to dissolve in different types of

liquid.

APPARATUS

Jelly beans, 100ml lemonade, 100ml apple juice, 100ml vinegar, beaker, bunsen

burner, 3 timers.

HYPOTHESIS

I think that the jelly beans in the vinegar will dissolve the quickest.

RISK ASSESMENT

Be careful not to burn your self on the hot beaker, or liquid that’s in the beaker.

Be careful not to get vinegar in your eyes because it will burn and sting.

METHOD

1.Boil the lemonade, vinegar and apple juice in separate beakers, over 3 separate

Bunsen burners.2.Put two jelly beans in each beaker.

3.Use your timers to record how long it takes for the jelly beans to dissolve.

CONTROL: Use the same amount of liquid in each beaker.

OUR RESULT TABLE

Lemonade Apple Juice Vinegar

23:50 minutes 14:14 minutes 12.04 minutes

CONCLUSION

In conclusion the jelly beans in the vinegar dissolved much quicker. My hypothesis was

correct. You could improve the experiment by only using one jelly bean in each beaker because the second jelly bean always took more time to

dissolve.