How To Mummify Apples | Apple Mummification Science Experiment

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We are making Apple Mummies as part of our Ancient Egypt studies! We are going to experiment to find out which material is the best at pulling the moisture out of an apple. Read on to learn more!

Supplies:

1 apple

Nylon knife to cut into apples (Adult Supervision required)

White linen (we got ours from the dollar store. A cotton shirt will be fine to cut up and use as well)

Salt

Baking Soda

large Ziploc bag

4 jars (we used recycled glass yogurt jars)

Tape

Markers

Directions:

  1. Cut an apple into four slices. (Adult supervision required).
  2. The first slice of apple is the control. Wrap it in white linen only. Place in glass jar. Label the jar “Control”
  3. Cover the second slice of apple in baking soda only and then wrap it with the white linen. Place in jar. Label the jar “Baking Soda”
  4. Cover the third apple slice half with baking soda and half with salt. Wrap it with the white linen. Place in the jar. Label the jar “Baking soda/salt”
  5. Cover the fourth apple slice with salt only. Wrap it with the white linen. Label the jar “salt”
  6. Place all of the jars into a large ziploc bag and seal.
  7. It’s going to take a few days for the moisture to be drawn out. So just set it to the side.
  8. After 4 days, take out the apple slices to see what they look like. Check out the results below!

Results: Immediately we can see the differing amounts of moisture that were pulled out from the apples inside of the glasses. We then opened each wrap to expose the apples. The kids wore gloves to touch each apple as mold had already grew on some of them. After we documented our findings, we wrapped up the apples for another few days. However, they were so moldy, I just couldn’t bring myself to open them up and my kids were pretty grossed out. But we probably could infer what they looked like.

Give this experiment a try and tag me @playinquiremakelearn on Facebook or Instagram. I’d love to see how yours came out!

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