{"id":16811,"date":"2010-02-25T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T03:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=16811"},"modified":"2010-02-25T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T03:51:07","slug":"katherines-science-fair-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/25\/katherines-science-fair-project.html","title":{"rendered":"Katherine’s Science Fair project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Magically delicious ... and evil?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kay’s experiment for her school Science Fair<\/a> was to test whether people accurately gauge how much sugar is in cereal — particular “adult” cereal vs. “kid” cereal.<\/p>\n

She chose Lucky Charms, Cheerios, Raisin Bran, and Quaker Oats Granola.<\/p>\n

The survey subjects were shown bags with a cup of the cereal, and told that a packet of sugar or a sugar cube is about 4g of sugar. So, how many grams did the people think was in a cup of each of the cereals.<\/p>\n

(Note: serving sizes vary — the Granola, for example, has a 1\/2 cup serving size.)<\/p>\n

After that, then they got to taste each one, and guess again.<\/p>\n

Kay’s hypothesis — that people would over-estimate the sugar in the kid cereals and under-estimate the adult cereals — was confirmed. That Granola? Double the grams of sugar of the Lucky Charms (plus a lot more fat). No wonder it’s so good …<\/p>\n

Adults at the Science Fair were fascinated by the experiment; there were a lot of comments that (a) proved the hypothesis and (b) demonstrated that adults really long for the sugary cereals of their youth.<\/p>\n

Margie assisted Kay with the experiment. I helped a bit with the display. But she did the bulk of the work. And got a blue ribbon “1st place” for the effort (everyone got either a 1st place or 2nd place; Kay’s project was one of the more interesting and well presented ones, if I say so myself).<\/p>\n

Past years:<\/p>\n