Irreversible Change

Applesauce experiment

Applesauce experiment  (How things change and can’t be reversed) 

Exploring irreversible change

You'll need:

3-4 apples

water

 

Procedure

1-Put half of the apples into one bowl. Put the other half into a stove pot or the slow cooker, depending on how you will heat the apples.

2-Add the same amount of water to each container of apples.

3-Leave the bowl of apples alone. Heat the other container of apples until the apples are soft. This should take about 10-12 minutes on a burner set to medium or 2 1/2 hours in a slow cooker set on high.

4-When the heated apples are soft, remove them from the heat and put them into the second bowl.

5-Have your child stir and mash each bowl of apples. (Be careful with the hot bowl.) How are the heated apples different from the unheated apples? What happened to them? Describe the changes.

6-Once the applesauce has cooled enough, add sugar and cinnamon to taste. Enjoy the applesauce. If the unheated apples haven't browned, you can drain the water from them and eat them, too. How do they contrast with the heated apples? You'll probably use words like crispy, crunchy, and mushy.

 

We like to do a lot of experiments and this one was one that kept Fluttershy curious.  She kept on checking her apples to see what they were doing.  After the 2 hours in the crock pot we turned off the heat and let them cook.  Once they were cooked we blended them up in the Vitamix, added a touch of sugar and cinnamon and enjoyed.  I have to add it wasn't cold in our apartment.  Fluttershy is starting a new fad.