Hamburg High School's chemistry classes recently participated in an experiment accompanied by an interesting project.

Chemistry instructor Rose Hamilton created an experiment for the students to make cookies in the lab. Students made no-bake cookies in class, and they were required to make a dozen cookies from scratch for homework.

The students were given guidelines on how to make the cookies at home. They had to make the cookies from scratch, and the students were required to have pictures taken of them while they were making the cookies. The students then presented the cookies to their class, along with the recipe they had chosen.

According to Mrs. Hamilton, the experiment allowed the classes to work with limiting reactants, those factors that limit the amount of other reactants that can combine to produce the desired product. In the "cookie lab," the students were given a bag of sugar with an unknown amount and a recipe. The students had to determine how much sugar, or limiting reactant, they had and then calculate how much of each of the other ingredients they needed in order to make the "perfect cookie."

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Chemistry Students Prepare No Bake Cookies as Project