Streamlining STEM

This comprehensive Tootsie Pop Lab is designed to engage middle school students in the core practices of science and engineering through a hands-on, inquiry-based investigation. Students explore experimental design by formulating hypotheses, identifying variables, and developing systematic procedures to simulate “licking” a Tootsie Pop via a controlled dunking method. Incorporating precise data collection using digital scales, this project reinforces measurement skills and the importance of con