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=**Title:**= The Effects of Popcorn. =**Introduction:**= I picked this experiment because I really like popcorn and I was thinking that I could do an experiment with popcorn. I have 5 different test. The first test I'm going to make regular popcorn and count how many popcorn kernels pop. My second experiment I have to put the popcorn kernels in freezer for about an hour and pop them and see how many popped. For my third experiment I am going to put the kernels in water before I pop them and see how many will pop. For my fourth experiment I am going to just like experiment 2 but I am going to leave the kernels in the freezer all night and all day water for about an hour and then I will make the popcorn and see how many popped and how many did not pop. For my fifth and final experiment I am going to do the same thing I did for experiment 3, so all you have to do is put popcorn kernels in water all night and all day then just pop the kernels and see how many will pop and how many don't pop. Just the right combination of water, starch, and a hard airtight shell called the hull (that is what makes the hull). Each year Americans munch on 1,124,000 lbs. of popcorn. It comes down to about 17.3 billion quarts, or about 68 quarts for every man, woman, and child. October is popcorn popping month in the u.s. people celebrate the harvest every fall with popcorn parties. Popcorn's scientific name is Zae mays everta. Growing corn has to be protected from all kinds of pests that would like to feast, including deer, crows, and raccoons. corn grows best in an area of the United States called the Corn Belt, people call it the Corn belt because it sort of looks like a belt on a map. the states in the corn belt are Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Michigan. According to The Guinness Book of World Records, the world's largest popcorn ball measured 12 ft. wide. It contained 2,000 lbs. of popcorn; 40,000 lbs of sugar; 280 gallons of corn syrup; and 400 gallons of water. When popcorn has finished popping it has expanded to about 40 times their original size. Popcorn is best stored in a tight jar in the refrigerator, so the kernels keep their moisture. =**Hypothesis:**= I think that the water inside of the kernels and the steam when I cook the kernels and that makes the popcorn pop, and I think that the Original popcorn will pop the most. =Method/Procedures:= Step 1: First you want to find your Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn the Original kind. Step 2: Then you want to find 5 sandwich baggy and put Original Popcorn on one, Freezer Popcorn on another one, and for the last one you want to put Water Popcorn. Step 3: Then count out 100 kernels 5 times. Step 4: Then you want to put all the popcorn kernels that you just counted into the one of the sandwich baggy and 100 kernels go in each sandwich baggy. Step 5: Then you want to put one of the sandwich baggies in the freezer all night and all day. Do not take out the kernels out of the baggies, At all. Step 6: After that you want to put 100 of the kernels in a small cup with a lid and put water in the cup with the kernels and leave it on the counter all night and all day. Step 7: The next day you want to pop the Original Popcorn and put it in the Presto popping pan for 1 minute 30 seconds. Don't forget to count. Step 8: Then pop the popcorn that set in water all night and all day and pop it for the same amount of time. Step 9: Then pop the freezer popcorn that was in the freezer all night and all day. Make sure that you put it in for the amount of time and don't forget to count. Step 10: Then you want to pop the popcorn that was in the water for 1 hour and pop it (don't forget to count and put it in the microwave 1 minute 30 seconds). Step 11: Then you want to pop the popcorn that was in the freezer for an hour and pop it, just don't forget to put it in the microwave for 1 minutes and 30 seconds and do not forget to count. =Materials:= Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn **//Original//** water Presto popping pan

= = =Analysis:= 1st batch: Original Popcorn- 15 1/2 kernels that didn't pop 2nd batch: (Don't dry off this batch) Popcorn in water all night and all day- none of the kernels popped at all 3rd batch: Freezer popcorn all night and all day- 49 kernels didn't pop 4th batch: (Don't dry off this batch) Water popcorn 1 hour- 96 kernels didn't pop 5th batch: Freezer popcorn- 56 kernels didn't pop =Conclusions/References:= experimental group: popcorn kernels

control group: popcorn

independent variable: The test that I'm running.

dependent variable: How much popcorn pops in a certain environment.

=Things I need to Know Before I start popping the popcorn:= Popcorn pops best between 400 and 460 degrees Fahrenheit.

=Bibliography's:=

Depaola, Tomie. //The Popcorn Book//. New York: Holiday House, 1984. Print.

Landau, Elaine, and Brian Lies. //Popcorn! (Charlesbridge)//. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 2003. Print.

"Popcorn Science Project." //Cool Science Projects - We Deliver with Guides, Tips, and Examples//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. .

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