Ancient Egypt / Salt Mummy Apple Experiment
Salt Mummy Apple Experiment
Children preserve apple slices in salt and compare them with uncovered slices over several days, discovering how drying helped ancient mummification.
How to run it
- An educator cuts apple slices and weighs them.
- Children place one slice in a cup covered with salt and leave another uncovered.
- Label the cups and set them aside for about a week.
- Check, weigh and compare the slices over time.
- Discuss why salt dries out and preserves the apple.
You will need
- apples
- table salt
- plastic cups
- labels
- kitchen scale
Make it easier or harderYounger children can simply compare by looking and touching; older children can graph weight changes.
SafetyAn educator does the cutting; the apples are not for eating after the experiment.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4Children make predictions, observe change over time and draw conclusions.
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