Making Marshmallows

Ask questions about projects relating to: aerodynamics or hydrodynamics, astronomy, chemistry, electricity, electronics, physics, or engineering

Moderators: AmyCowen, kgudger, bfinio, MadelineB, Moderators

Post Reply
Vtanzillo
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:40 pm
Occupation: Parent

Making Marshmallows

Post by Vtanzillo »

I’m having a hard time understanding what my independent and dependent variables would be. Would the independent variables be the ratio of corn syrup to sugar?
audreyln
Expert
Posts: 252
Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:28 am
Occupation: Engineer - Chemical
Project Question: n/a
Project Due Date: n/a
Project Status: Not applicable

Re: Making Marshmallows

Post by audreyln »

Hello,

Are you following this STEM Activity Guide? If so, it is not intended to be an experiment with independent and dependent variables.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-act ... rshmallows

Or are you following this Science Project Guide? For this project the independent variable is the ratio of sugar to corn syrup. The dependent variables will be the melting temperature, the toughness, and the taste of the marshmallows that you test on the three different recipes.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... rshmallows

Here's a good resource explaining the different types of variables.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... /variables

Hope this helps!

Audrey
Post Reply

Return to “Grades K-5: Physical Science”