I like to add some helpful information and skills to labs that don't necessarily fall under the standards. Today that skill was creating concrete with the right water/cement ratio. Nearly everyone of them added way too much water. The main purpose of the lab was to create concrete that would harden not in 6-8 hours but closer to 24 hours by adding sugar to the cement. The sugar prevents a chemical reaction from occurring as quickly this slowing the hardening process.
