On Wednesday, April 23rd, the Chemistry Club conducted another fun and intriguing lab at Ms. Medley’s Science Class. Students had the opportunity to create their rock candy through crystallization, a process in which molecules organize into a structure known as a crystal.
Students would mix the water and sugar in a 1:3 ratio and boil to dissolve the sugar as much as possible. Then, students would suspend a stick inside the solution and wait until the crystals formed around the stick. Over the course of 1~2 weeks, students observed liquid sugar solution gradually turning into a solid crystal. Some turned out to be successful while others failed or formed barely. Students were fascinated to observe different sizes and forms of crystals.
As the lab wrapped up, Yungi Lee (’25) brought his homemade crystal candy and distributed it to the club members, as any science experiment conducted in the science class was strictly prohibited from being brought outside the classroom. Students seemed to enjoy the rock candy, interested in its texture and taste. Yungi stated, “I wanted them to give the taste of the science. This would make this experiment much more memorable,” emphasizing his accomplishment for spending 3 hours making sugar candies at home.
