No One Likes Soggy Cereal
Which cereal stays crunchier for longer??? (No one likes soggy cereal)
Aim: To observe which cereal absorbs the most milk
Hypothesis: The Weetabix will absorb milk the quickest due to its large mass.
Equipment: 4 bowls, sift, measuring cylinder, 4 different types of cereal
Variables;
Independent variable: Cereal
Dependent Variable: amount of milk first placed in the bowl. (250mL)
Risk assessment: A bowl might fall onto the ground and cut someone foot.
Method
1. Weigh the cereals to 40g 2. Number the cereals 1-4 3. Put the four cereals in four separate bowls with the same amount each (grams) 4. Pour 250ml of milk into the bowls starting with cereal number #1 progressing to cereal number #4 5. Time the cereal from when you put the first 100ml of milk into the first bowl for 10 minutes 6. After 10 minutes sift of the cereal and collect the milk from each bowl of cereal in the order of 1-4 7. Record the results of the test.
Results * Cocopops- 54ml * Nutrigrain- 59ml * Weet-bix- 26ml * Cornflakes- 49ml
Observations: whilst watching the cereal in the ten minute time period, the weet-bix absorbed milk quite fast but nutrigrain was slow. The nutrigrain absorbed milk slower due to its small mass, but with the cocopops the milk have to penetrate the sugar coating before getting to the cereal causing a delay in the absorption of the cereal.
Discussion: The results showed that cereal with larger mass absorbed milk quicker, apart from nutrigrain and coco pops due to their sugar coating the milk took longer to absorb.
Conclusion:
Through repeated observation of many different types of cereal, it became apparent that Nutrigrain absorbed the most milk closely followed by Cocopops and Cornflakes, with Weet-bix absorbing the least. This observation strongly opposed the previously set hypothesis, that weet-bix would absorb the highest amount of
Aim: To observe which cereal absorbs the most milk
Hypothesis: The Weetabix will absorb milk the quickest due to its large mass.
Equipment: 4 bowls, sift, measuring cylinder, 4 different types of cereal
Variables;
Independent variable: Cereal
Dependent Variable: amount of milk first placed in the bowl. (250mL)
Risk assessment: A bowl might fall onto the ground and cut someone foot.
Method
1. Weigh the cereals to 40g 2. Number the cereals 1-4 3. Put the four cereals in four separate bowls with the same amount each (grams) 4. Pour 250ml of milk into the bowls starting with cereal number #1 progressing to cereal number #4 5. Time the cereal from when you put the first 100ml of milk into the first bowl for 10 minutes 6. After 10 minutes sift of the cereal and collect the milk from each bowl of cereal in the order of 1-4 7. Record the results of the test.
Results * Cocopops- 54ml * Nutrigrain- 59ml * Weet-bix- 26ml * Cornflakes- 49ml
Observations: whilst watching the cereal in the ten minute time period, the weet-bix absorbed milk quite fast but nutrigrain was slow. The nutrigrain absorbed milk slower due to its small mass, but with the cocopops the milk have to penetrate the sugar coating before getting to the cereal causing a delay in the absorption of the cereal.
Discussion: The results showed that cereal with larger mass absorbed milk quicker, apart from nutrigrain and coco pops due to their sugar coating the milk took longer to absorb.
Conclusion:
Through repeated observation of many different types of cereal, it became apparent that Nutrigrain absorbed the most milk closely followed by Cocopops and Cornflakes, with Weet-bix absorbing the least. This observation strongly opposed the previously set hypothesis, that weet-bix would absorb the highest amount of