1. Who invented candy? 2. What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have about candy?

3. Activity: Candy is tasty, but it’s not perfect. Chocolate bars make a mess when they melt. Taffy sticks to your teeth. Life Savers stick together. Think like an inventor. What could you do to improve your favorite candy? Could you give it a better package or a new flavor? Could you make it less messy by putting it on a stick like a lollipop? Write or draw what your new candy would look like. Give your candy a name.

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community