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Breakfast Cereal: Do You Know How Much Iron

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Science Experiment Proposal
Magnificent Breakfast Cereal by Xiayi Pei, Yuting Gao, Jocelyn Chen

Kristina Berynets
ENGL 098B
May 10, 2017

Introduction
Cereal is most common breakfast choice for people who are going to work or school, because it's easy to make and have a lot of different flavor. However, do you know how much iron in your everyday cereal? We all know iron is a necessary thing for human body but too much iron will hurt our body. Therefore, this experiment will show you which kind of cereal will have too much iron in it and keep you eat more health.
Observation/Research
There are a lot of types of breakfast cereal in our live. Breakfast cereal provides many nutrients to us. Iron is one of the most important nutrients in the diet. Breakfast is considered to be …show more content…

Hypothesis
Wheat cereal contents more iron.
Independent Variable: different type of breakfast cereal
Dependent Variable: Iron content of each Cereal
Control Group: otameal
Experimental: corn flakes, wheat flakes, Add fruit and nuts to the breakfast cereals
Constants: use same weight of cereal, use same amount of water, mix them separate but the same time
Materials: Four types of Cereals, strong magnet, plastic bags, scissors, large bowls, metric measuring cup with a spout, water
Procedure:
1.Pour the cereal into a plastic bag. (2/1 cup)
2.Fill the bag 3/4 full with water(let sit for at least 1 hour)
3.Place the magnet in your hand and put the bag on top.
4.Swish the bag around 15 seconds
5.Flip the bag so the magnet will be on top and you will see the iron inside the cereal.
Results: A table will be used to show the iron content data.
Group Tasks: Yuting will gather the materials, mix the cereal with water and type the report. Jocelyn typed the proposal and will do the experiment. Xiayi will record the data and support Yuting types the report. All will be there when the experiment is done, and we will complete the report

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