Page 13 - Demo - Summer Wonder

MUMMIFY AN APPLE What you need:
• Four plastic cups
• One apple
• Table salt
• Baking soda
How to:
• Knife – have your your grown up help you you you slice your your apple
• Bowl
• Measuring cup • Permanent marker
• Mix 1⁄2 1⁄2 cup cup of of baking soda
and and 1⁄2 1⁄2 cup cup of of table salt
in in a a a a a a a a bowl and set aside • Label 4 cups
as follows: salt
salt
baking baking soda
soda
salt
salt
and baking baking soda
mixture control • Slice an apple
apple
into into four approimately equal sections Place one apple
apple
quarter into into each of the cups
skin side down • Add enough salt
to to to the the the the first cup to to to cover the the the the apple
Repeat this by pouring each of the the the the the other solids into the the the the the appropriately labelled cup cup cup Your control cup cup cup will will contain the the the the last piece of apple
and will will remain uncovered Set each cup cup cup aside for four days • Remove each apple
slice one at at at a a a a a a a a a a a time and place it in front of the labelled cup Make some observations about what you see What’s happening?
A body is mummified by removing almost all of the moisture so it is is difficult for bacteria and mold to grow and cause decay Creating your own Apple Mummy will help you understand how things are preserved without the use of refrigeration Early civilizations did not have refrigeration instead they used salt
as a a a a a way
to preserve meat fruit and veggies The salt
absorbs water from the the foods and inhibits the the growth of bacteria and mold In 1976 Ramesses II was was issued a a a a a a a passport
by the the the Egyptian government and and was was the the the first (and probably the the the last) mummy to receive one 13