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Candy Corn STEM Experiment! Ages 3+

Age 3+, Age 4+, Age 5+, Age 6+, Engineering, Fall, Math, Orders, Compares and Measures, Science, Seasonal

Fun fall STEM activity! How many Candy Corns can you put on the foil before it sinks? Does it help to spread them out? What if you make a foil boat can it hold more Candy Corns?

Materials (affiliate links):
Candy Corn ( I bought them at the dollar store.)
Foil
Bin of water

Here is a video of the boys doing the activity!

First get a bin and put water in it. Next get a piece of foil. Place the foil in the water. Ask the child if they notice what the foil is doing? Talk about floating and sinking.

Have them guess how many candy corns they can put on the foil before it sinks.

The first time they tried it they put all the candy corns in the middle of the foil. The second time we talked about distributing the weight. If they spread the candy corns out could the foil hold more?

Then we made boats out of foil. The boys guessed the boats would hold more candy corns since they had sides and the water wouldn’t get in the boat as fast.

They were right! We talked about how adding walls to their boats displaces more water. Allowing the foil to hold more weight.

Check out more of our Fall/Halloween activities here!

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Shann Acevedo

Hi I’m Shann, a Preschool Teacher, mother of three and Creator of Learn As You Play. I have been working as a preschool teacher for 13 years with children ranging from 1- 5 years old. I believe that PLAY is a huge part of children’s learning and development. Children should be active and involved in their learning. Children learn best by doing. My goal is for children to develop a love for learning while having fun!

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