Leroy's Inquiry- Lifesavers

1. Why do Wintergreen Lifesavers spark in the dark?

2.http://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-lightning-mouth.htm

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/activity-lightning.html

• They spark in the dark.
• Breaking sugars releases electrical charges in the air.
• Only wintergreen ones spark.

3.  Hypothesis:  They have a special ingredient.

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5. I didn’t see any spark or anything. Someone saw a spark. We went into the utility closet. It was very dark in there.

6.  My hypothesis was right. It was that they had a special ingredient.  Sugar makes electrical charges in the air.  They also have wintergreen flavor which makes the spark so that you can see it.