{"id":259,"date":"2020-12-15T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T15:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=259"},"modified":"2020-12-15T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T15:25:13","slug":"candy-cane-day-a-science-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/candy-cane-day-a-science-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Candy Cane Day: A Science Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know candy canes were thought to have been invented around 200 years ago? In celebration of Candy Cane Day at Lochdale, we decided to take these minty treats and use them in a Science experiment!<\/p>\n<p>First, students decided what substances\/chemicals to submerge the candy canes in. We had a selection of acids, bases, etc. Then, we observed the candy cane immediately, after 5 minutes, and after 20 minutes of being submerged in the liquids.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-260\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-4-81x108.jpg 81w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-4.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-261\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-3-81x108.jpg 81w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-3.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Top left: Isopropyl alcohol (liquid hand sanitizer) and top right: 1% milk<\/p>\n<p>Bottom left: Pepsi and bottom right: vinegar<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-262 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-2-144x108.jpg 144w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-263\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-1-81x108.jpg 81w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2020\/12\/candy-cane-1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had very interesting results! You can also check out the process of making candy canes by hand in the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"100-Year-Old Candy Factory Makes 10 Million Candy Canes Per Year | Legendary Eats\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JFNzDiQpkts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know candy canes were thought to have been invented around 200 years ago? In celebration of Candy Cane Day at Lochdale, we decided to take these minty treats and use them in a Science experiment! First, students decided what substances\/chemicals to submerge the candy canes in. We had a selection of acids, bases, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/candy-cane-day-a-science-experiment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Candy Cane Day: A Science Experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}