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Why Do Crayon Burn Fastest
The purpose of my experiment is to see if a crayon can be used As an emergency candle and which one burns slowest and which one burn fastest?

I became interested in this experiment when I remembered that crayon were made of wax.

This will help people by if they lose power and have no candles so they can know to use candles for light

Hypothesis: My Hypothesis is the white crayon will burn the slowest and Black will burn fastest.

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Control Variable: the fire won't change it's the same lighter. What I need: Crayons, lighter Procedure
Step one: Get a pack of new crayons and get a lighter from my mom
Step two: Light the flat end (the idea is the crayon will work as a inside out candle the paper being the

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