Posted
on February 15, 2016
Many
people celebrated Valentine's Day yesterday, and some of those people
celebrated with candy:
So...do
we really need more candy today?
Actually,
gumdrops are more than just candy – they are a great building
material!
Today,
you can enjoy doing experiments with gumdrops, building models of
gumdrops, playing with gumdrops, AND eating gumdrops!
- Gumdrop atoms at Teach Engineering
- From
Scholastic, gumdrop sodium chloride models and covalent
molecules models
- Gumdrop geodesic dome from Scientific American
Learn about gumdrops...
Gumdrops
are made of gelatin, coloring and flavoring, and of course lots of
sugar. They are available in fruit or spice flavors.
There
isn't one simple story about how gumdrops were invented, although
everyone seems to agree that they were invented in the U.S. A lot of
people float around the “fact” that they were invented in 1801,
but there are no details to check – no who, where, etc. The first
mentions in print of “gum drops” seem to be in Illinois, in 1859,
and Washington, in 1860. Certainly by the end of the 1800s, gumdrops
were popular.
The
first modern gumdrop was created in 1915 by a fellow named Percy
Truesdell.
Did you know...?
The
Apollo 9 Command module was nicknamed “Gumdrop” because of its
shape. Also, the fact that it arrived at Cape Kennedy in a blue
cellophane wrapper didn't hurt!
- An old fashioned saying, “goody, goody gumdrops!” is supposed to indicate huge delight.
- The popular Candyland game includes Gumdrop Mountains and Gumdrop Pass.
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