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Finding fats in foods experiment

February 25, 2014 Ticia 9 Comments

This was an experiment that I went in expecting one set of results and ended up with a completely different results.  So our finding fats in foods experiment was a resound success, just not because of what I expected.

As we went through the chapter on nutrition the kids were really interested to find many of the things they thought you HAD to eat weren’t true.  They were especially intrigued to find out we need some fats in foods, not extremely a lot, but at least some.

finding fats in foods

Findings fats in foods experiment supplies:

paper bag, printable, several different foods (we used: cheese, peanut butter, sausage, apple, bread, cracker, grape), something to write

 

Finding fats in foods experiment procedure:

1.  Cut off a strip from the paper bag and lay it straight on your table (the paper bag best absorbs the oils).

2.  Put your chosen foods on the paper and write down what they are (this just helps for the process later).

3.  Make your predictions for the results.

4.  Wait several hours, during that time occasionally observe what is going on, and make revisions based on observations.

using the scientific process to find fats in foods

 

Results of our finding fats in foods experiment

 finding fats in foods results

In the end we discovered peanut butter has a lot of fats in it.  I was rather surprised the sausage and cheese, which are both fatty foods, did not show up as much.  As I talked it over with Jeff we both realized it’s the make up of the food.  The fats in the cheese and sausage are much more tied to other things in their solid state, but if we’d melted the cheese it would have shown different results.  Here’s an online discussion about why fats turn paper transparent, which I found rather interesting.

 

If you want to duplicate the finding fats in foods experiment at your own house, feel free to grab a copy of the “Finding fats in foods printable.”

finding fats in foods printable

 

I’m gonna link up over at All Things Beautiful because she’s running Science Sunday this month, and I’ve been a total slacker in getting my science experiments up.

Oh, and I linked it up to:

Solagratiamom™

science anatomy, Science Sunday

Comments

  1. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    February 25, 2014 at 11:19 am

    I pinned this one to do. I like the printable you made.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 25, 2014 at 10:20 pm

      Thanks, after the disaster with the kids getting their lines mixed up for our starches experiment, I figured I’d better create something with lines. And if I’m gonna create it, I might as well share it.

  2. Lindsay @ BytesofMemory says

    February 25, 2014 at 5:29 pm

    Great experiment! That is a good point about the cheese.. makes sense.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 25, 2014 at 10:13 pm

      Jeff and I had a nice long discussion about that one, which I also found oddly satisfying because Jeff got into the experiment too.

  3. MaryAnne @ mama smiles says

    February 25, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    I love the simplicity of this experiment.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 25, 2014 at 10:11 pm

      It was great because I could just let it sit there all day long and the kids kept coming back to it to see how things had changed.

  4. Claire says

    February 26, 2014 at 7:32 am

    I need to get me an anatomy board to pin onto! We’re restarting our anatomy without the text book. I think it was holding me back (any excuse!).
    This is a great experiment and so simple and logical!

    Reply
  5. Lucinda @ Navigating By Joy says

    February 27, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    Simple and effective! Just the way I like things.

    Reply

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