The Sweet Science
of Fluff 🍭

By Lily Bishop 🎀

(For Mrs. DeJager)

Welcome to an interactive journey into the physics and chemistry of everyone's favorite carnival treat!

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A Dentist Invented Candy? 🦷

It sounds like a joke, but it's true! In 1897, a dentist named William Morrison teamed up with candy maker John C. Wharton to invent the "Fairy Floss" machine.

Why? Spun sugar used to be very hard to make by hand. They wanted to use technology to make this expensive treat cheap and easy for everyone to enjoy!
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1904 St. Louis
World's Fair

What is Cotton Candy?

It looks like a cloud, but it feels sticky! Believe it or not, it is made of almost 100% Sugar.

Pink Cotton Candy
Cotton Candy Machine

The Machine Logic

1. Melting 🔥

The center gets super hot (320°F) to melt the solid sugar.

2. Spinning 💫

The head spins 3,400 times a minute!

3. Cooling ❄️

Liquid shoots out, hits cool air, and freezes instantly.

🔥 The Heat Challenge

Use the slider to find the perfect melting point for sucrose.

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70°F

Room Temperature

💫 The Spin Zone

Gravity vs. Centrifugal Force!

0 RPM

Stopped

🎨 The Flavor Lab

Pick your favorite style! *Changes game color!

Classic Pink

Crystal vs. Glass

Cotton Candy is an Amorphous Solid (Glass).

Mini-Game: The Cotton Candy Maker 3000

Sugar
Sugar Mix
Fluff: 0%

Decorate & Eat!

Sprinkles
Glitter
Mallows
Chips
Gummies
PopRocks
Skittles

(Click the Cotton Candy to Eat it!)

Switch to Refill Mode to add sugar!

YUMMY!

You made a Jumbo Fluff!

(Works best on Desktop with a Mouse)

Pop Quiz!

1. What force pushes sugar out?

2. Cotton Candy is a...

3. Who invented it?

4. Science name for sugar?

5. Melting Temp?

6. Slow cooling makes?

7. Natural Sugar Color?

8. Spin Speed?

9. What kind of change?

10. Where did it debut?