Week 3: Report: Aim, Equipment and Safety Precautions

Aim

To determine  which brand of microwave popcorn brand yields fewer un-popped kernels.

Equipment

• 3 bags of UNCLE TOBYS butter flavoured microwave popcorn
• 3 bags of Poppin butter flavoured Microwave Popcorn
• 3 bags of Coles butter flavoured Microwave Popcorn
• 1 microwave oven 
• 1 large bowl
• 1 small bowl
• • 1 data sheet
• Gloves
• Calculator
• Timer

Image list of equipment

* For the popcorn packets , if you can you can get them prepackaged in boxes that contain three individual packets , this would be a more economical approach as it is cheaper than buying three separate bags of each brand.


*All pictures were taken by me with my own camera.

Safety Precautions 

• Wear gloves when handling food. 
• Wait about 10 minutes before taking out Popcorn bag from microwave as it could be hot.
• When opening popcorn bag , open it away from yourself as there is steam still hot steam trapped in the bag.
• Tie back hair and roll up sleeves if you are wearing long garment , for personal hygiene.
• Make sure you are not allergic to any content in the popcorn , such as nuts etc.
• Make sure not to watch popcorn while it pops as it is bad for you eyes.

I've made a video on the Safety Precautions and how to put them in action when conducting the experiment , I did this so you can see that without the safety precautions put into place. 


Click here to see video !