Butterscotch Candy (Physical and Chemical Change)

Description

Turn your chemistry classroom into a candy kitchen! In this hands-on inquiry lab, students make real butterscotch candy while investigating the difference between physical and chemical changes — all within the same experiment. They start by dissolving sugar in water (physical change: molecules stay the same, they just spread out), then heat the mixture and watch it transform through caramelization into a brand new substance with a new color, smell, and texture (chemical change).