Sugar & Spice shows us how our actions can affect ourselves
and others. Our actions matter and we have to be accountable for
them, which means taking
responsibility for what we do and say.
1. Fill a glass dish with water and add pepper. The pepper
represents all of the people you know such as your family, friends,
classmates, and teacher.
2. Dip the bar of soap in the middle of the pepper. The bar of
soap represents negative actions and hurtful words.
*Notice how the pepper moves away from the soap. This is what
happens when people choose to be mean and act like a bully because
people don’t like being around these negative actions.
3. Pour sugar in the middle of the pepper to represent positive
actions like being kind and thoughtful to others.
*Watch how the pepper moves towards the sugar. People want to be
around those who are sweet and nice to others, just like the pepper
wants to be around the sugar.
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rest of the MASK Science Lab!
Sugar & Spice Actions & Accountability
Materials Needed: Glass dish Bar of soap Sugar Pepper Water
Always ask your trusted adult for permission and help with MASK
Science Lab experiments!
*Edison’s Tip* Positive actions = Positive people!
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damage, or personal injury, including
death as a result of MASK
Science Lab experiments. The
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