Katie+G14

Katie G 2013-2014
 * THE STUDY OF THE FORCE IT TAKES TO BREAK DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES **


 * ABSTRACT **

The purpose of this experiment was to discover which cookie type took the most force to break. Force is the push or pull of an object and it is what was used when trying to break Oreos and Girl Scout cookies. By pressing a cookie onto a force probe, it was found that cookies break easily if they don’t have something covering the outside of the cookie or something holding the cookie together in the middle. It was found that of the 5 types of cookies tested, Oreos, Shortbreads, and Thin Mints were the strongest. This is because all three types of cookies had something on the outside, something holding the cookie together at the middle, or were very dense cookies.


 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS **

An improvement to this experiment would be to trying to keep better track of how long the cookies were in liquids. One other improvement would be to keep frozen cookies in the freezer until the last possible second. Another experiment that could be done would be to put different sizes of the same cookie in a liquid. These results would help find out how size affects the results.

To read the entire ISP Paper on this experiment, click on the PDF file link below. 