History[edit] Popcorn on the cob before shelling Popcorn was first discovered thousands of years ago by the people living in what is now Peru. It is one of the oldest forms of corn: evidence of popcorn from 3600 B.C. was found in New Mexico and even earlier evidence dating to perhaps as early as 4700 B.C. was found in Peru. Some popcorn has been found in early 1900s to be a purple color.[1][2] The legend that the English who came to America in the 16th and 17th centuries learned about popcorn from the
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Spring Encore event The Spring Encore event will be hosted by New Holstein High school‚ on April 24. The event will include collaboration between the Fine and Visual Arts‚ Music‚ Agriculture‚ Technology Education‚ Family and Consumer Ed and Marketing departments of the school. The spring event will be a showcase of the non- core classes to the students and the community. It will provide information on the areas and the importance of the variety of electives New Holstein has to offer. “It
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being tested that Act II of stovetop popcorn kernels is the best brand based on its popped volume and taste. I chose this experiment because even though it is not the healthiest of snacks out there it is one of my favorites and I eat it almost everyday so I might as well get to know it a little better and do an experiment with it. I am very interested in which brands have a better quality of kernels and the many different tastes that come with them too. Cooking popcorn in the microwave isn’t as much fun
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Popcorn Experiment Experiment performed on 8/26/11 Biology 101 Introduction: “The oldest popcorn ever found was discovered in the “Bat Cave” of central New Mexico. Archaeologists found 80‚000-year-old corn pollen below Mexico City”. “The popcorn was thougt to be about 5‚600 years old”. (www.factmonster.com/spot/popcorn1.html) This particular pollen is almost identical to today’s popcorn pollen. Researchers came up with the theory that popcorn could have been a Stone Age snack for “cave
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WEAVER INTRODUCTION Popcorn is a type of corn that pops when heat is applied to it. It is a very popular snack all over the world. It is clear to the average individual that not all corn pops well‚ as a matter of fact‚ some corn do not pop at all because of their nature. There are different types of corn but primarily all corn types fall under five different categories: Flour Corn; Flint Corn; Dent Corn; Sweet Corn and of course‚ Pop Corn (Versagrain.com‚ 2012). Popcorn is popular among other
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Popcorn Lab Report Background: Chemistry is the study of matter‚ its properties and the ability to change. This can be used to describe the process of popcorn and the change it undergoes to turn into the movie theater snack we know. The United States supplies most of the worldwide supply of popcorn available today‚ although the popcorn has to meet specific industry standards which can be tedious to do for the 50 million pounds of output per so sampling has to be used. Sampling is known as
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Popcorn The average American eats seventy quarts of popcorn a year! Americans consume more popcorn than any other country in the world today. This paper will discuss popcorn; its history‚ how it is’s made‚ types‚ and why some kernels are left unpopped. Popcorn was first found to pop by Native Americans thousands of years ago (Boyd). Popcorn was grown first in Mexico (Hartman). Also popcorn was used in China and India before Columbus reached the Americas. Popcorn was first introduced in the west
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the quantity of water in several different types of popcorn. Determining the amount of water in the product will determine the likelihood of it popping. More water in a piece of popcorn increases the amount of pressure buildup when it is heated. With the data it will be determined if more expensive popcorn equates to a better‚ more reliable popcorn. Part 2: The purpose of this experiment was to create a method of separating a mixture of popcorn‚ sand‚ salt‚ and iron filings. When separated the individual
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Science 10 MYP Popcorn Lab Experimental Design We’ve been hired by Mr. Redenbacher to find a quick and accurate way to find the number of popcorn kernels in a bag of popcorn kernels without having to count them individually. We can apply our knowledge of solving problems involving the mole to find the number of popcorn kernels in the bag. Variables: Manipulated: Weight of Kernels. Controlled: Plastic Bag‚ Scale. Responding: The Weight of the kernels in grams‚ the number of kernels
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On October 5‚ 1946 in Maggie Valley‚ NC a legendary moonshiner was born-- The boy’s name was Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton. He loved to explore the backwoods of the Appalachian Mountains. The boy woke up and slowly slid out of his bed; crept to his Rose window as the sun pierced his face. Little boy “Popcorn”‚ squinted his eyes‚ trying to block out the blinding sun; as he reached for the window latch. Once‚ Marvin got the window open‚ he smile at the yellow birch‚ mixture of maple‚ and beech trees‚ and
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