The description below was contributed by: Lexi M, on Aug 09, 2007 09:40:22AM Project Idea Rating
Appropriate grades or age groups: any
Estimated time to complete this project:
1 day
Materials:
corn flakes
fruit loops
honeycombs
3 magnets
3 plates
What is the hypothesis of this science project? What does the experiment aim to prove?
If you test to see which cereal has more iron in it than corn flakes would.
This project is to see which cereal is healthier for you.
Instructions:
1. Take a handful of each cereal and put it on separate plates.
2. Crunch all the cereal to tiny pieces
3. Use a magnet and hold it over the first plate. See how much iron is on it. Then record the results.
4. Repeat step there for the other two cereals.