Cole+Hof13

Cole H 2012-2013
 * THE GROWTH OF GUMMY WORMS IN LIQUID FOR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME **


 * ABSTRACT **

The purpose of this study was to determine how gummy worms grow when in water. Traditional gummy worms are made from a combination of sugar, glucose syrup, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. Gummy worms were placed in water for various time and were then weighed on a triple beam balance, that mass was then subtracted from the original mass of the gummy to see how much mass the worm grew. It was determined that when a worm was in the water for longer periods of time the gummy grew more mass then a worm in the water for smaller periods of time. This is likely because of the fact that when the gummy worm is in the water for longer periods of time it has a longer time for the worm to suck in the water and essentially get further in the process of osmosis.


 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **

One thing that can be done differently next time during this experiment is instead of trying a different brand of gummy worms. This would be to see if the different recipe of gummy, the more or less mass it grows. It would also be interesting if someone tested different gummy candies to see how they grow compared to gummy worms. Another thing they could do, is even test to see if the assortments of gummies could hold in the water, if not, how long can it hold in the water.

To read the complete ISP Paper for this experiment, click on the PDF file link below.