Fudgy Results

By Chloe Blunier

Last week, in Mr. Phelps’s physical science classroom, the class got the chance to make their own fudge. The fudge was meant to represent a supersaturated solution. That means that there is too much of a solute, or material, that the fudge can’t be dissolved at a high temperature. To make the fudge, it was heated at a high temperature. Once it has been dissolved it was cooled slowly so the dissolved particles didn’t re-form. Once it was cooled, the fudge was a supersaturated solution. 

Students had a lot of fun combining science and their sweet tooth. The students, Faith Johnson, said the fudge was “pretty good, as science experiments go.” Another student, Jamey Wilson remarked that it was “soft and mushy, but divine and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.” Mr. Phelps said the lab was “fudgetastic!”