NAME:__________________
Instructions: Each group will need to gather three Starburst candies (each one a different color), wax paper,
and aluminum foil, a grater, and hot plate. You may work on Part C while you work on Part B.
PART A:
Make two little boats/bowls out of the aluminum foil.
Use a grater and knife to break the candies into small pieces.
Make two piles and then gently push the scraps in each pile together. You will still have two piles!
o Set one of the piles aside.
PART B:
Take the scraps of candy (first pile, non-pushed) and place it in the aluminum boat, then place the boat
on the hot plate. Set the hot plate to 6. Not any higher.
Make observations in the space below while you work on Part B:
Once fully melted, set the boat on the table. Use the test tube holder. Make sure that none of it will
spill. Continue working on Part C.
PART C:
Take the other pile of candy scraps and hold them in between your hands for approximately thirty
seconds.
Take the newly formed mass and wrap it in the wax paper. Set a book on top of the wax paper and
then push down for fifteen to thirty seconds.
Take the Starburst out and knead it once or twice (fold it in half). Re-wrap in the wax paper and place
the book on top again for thirty seconds.
Make observations in the space below:
Take the Starburst out of the wax and set it in the other aluminum boat. Set the boat on the hot plate.
Set the hot plate at 6. Not any higher.
Once fully melted turn off the hot plate and make final observations in the space below:
NAME:__________________
Lab Connections
1. This lab represents the rock cycle. List the three types of rocks, how they
are formed, and which part(s) of the lab represented that type.
Type of Rock
Formation
2. Fill in the table about the representations in the simulation.
Item/Action
Part of Lab
Represents
Hot plate
Sediment
Melted Starburst
Rocks
Pushing Scraps Together
Regional Metamorphosis
Erosion
3. Compare the final product of Part B to the final produce of Part C. Are there any similarities; are
there any differences: etc.?
4. Explain why the graphic below is not a wonderful representation of the rock cycle.
• Sediment
• Compaction
• Cementation
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
• Heat
• Pressure
• Melts
• Cools
Igneous