Science Fair

My research question was how do different types of sugar affect the texture and overall taste of the cotton candy (Dragon Beard candy)? This topic was important for us to research because it has a lot of history behind the recipe and the candy so we wanted to find out how we could change the recipe and tradition and see how it affects how the original candy should taste. So far we researched how to make the candy and the materials we’ll need, as well as some of the history behind the candy. We were planning on using vinegar, corn syrup, maltose, cornstarch, water and caster sugar to make the base for our cotton candy so we knew how the original recipe was supposed to taste. Then manipulate the type of sugar, so we would exchange caster sugar for brown sugar or icing sugar. Most of the adults that I talked to didn’t know about ancient Chinese cotton candy, but they were also interested to know about it and how it would change depending on types of sugar.

My Science Quote

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. 

       ― Marie Curie (physicist and chemist, 1867 – 1934)

This quote captures how people’s opinions impact their fear when they don’t necessarily listen to science. People’s opinions are swayed by other opinions which can sometimes create fear but science can always clarify whether something is worth fearing. People fear what they don’t know about, science researches into almost everything and relieves fear. For example, a lot of people including me have a fear of the ocean or open water. Marine biologists research about the open water and gives people a deeper understanding so they don’t fear it. A lot of open water isn’t explored but science keeps working towards understanding unknown things and relieving fear that some people may have about the ocean. This example could apply to anything else that people fear because most likely science would explore it and understand it so people don’t fear it.

(The nobel prize in physics 1903, n.d.)

 

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because I like cats and i have one.