Making Hockey Pokey

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Aim: To make hokey pokey using sugar golden syrup and baking soda.

When using the sugar and golden syrup combine what the baking soda it froths and makes carbon dioxide gas That is why the Hokey pokey has bubbles. 

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Materials - 

1. 2 tablespoons Golden Syrup 

2. 4 tablespoons sugar 

3.1 Heaped teaspoon of baking soda 

4. Pot 

5. Tablespoon and teaspoon

6. Bunsen burner 

7. Grease Proof paper 

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Method - 

1. Put 4 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of golden syrup in a saucepan and melt. 

2. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for five minutes 

3. Add baking soda and stir vigorously 

4. Put the Hokey pokey on a piece of grease proof paper to cool

The more the sugar syrup is cooked the browner it becomes. If is left cooking for a bit to long your Hokey Pokey becomes burnt.

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Explanation 

1. Why do we stir it? So you don't get a chunk that tastes like baking soda so it isn't tasting bad 

2. Explain why the hokey pokey rises and has bubbles?- It has bubbles because of the Carbon dioxide 

3. What gas is made by the baking soda? - Carbon Dioxide