Product Description
- Write a hypothesis
- Record observations in a data table
- Write a conclusion with consideration of the variables that may have affected the results such as student error
- Restate the hypothesis in the conclusion and state whether it was correct, partially correct, or incorrect
- Analyze the nutrient label to explain the macromolecule content per serving for each sample of food in relation to the Calories burned
- Use the provided equations to calculate the kcal and then the kcal/gram (Calories) for all three samples of food
- Practice safe lab procedures
- Small box/set of matches
- White marshmallow
- Pecan
- Cheese puff
- Thermometer
- Access to a digital balance
- 100-ml beaker to measure 50 ml of tap water
- Ring stand
- Circular clamp
- Glass stirring rod
- Empty soda/pop can with an intact tab
- Large cork wrapped in aluminum foil with a pin or a half of a straightened-out paperclip projecting upwards from it
- Plastic weigh boat or filter paper on which to mass the food samples
- A set of lab aprons and safety goggles
- The nutrient label on the manufacturer’s package of the three foods for student analysis
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Conduction, Convection, and Radiation, oh my!