1. My Inquiry Project
By: Chelsea Burns

2. Which cereal stays crunchiest in
milk the longest?
 Frosted Flakes
 Apple Jacks
 Cocoa Krispies
 Pops
 Froot Loops

3. Research
 Pops = “gun-puffed”
 Froot Loops and Apple Jacks = “extruded gun-puffed”
 Cocoa Krispies = “oven-puffed”
 Frosted Flakes = starch from corn kernels are cooked
into flakes

4. Procedures:
 Step One: I decided to use a “fun pack” that has five different mini
boxes of cereals in them to test my inquiry. The cereals are Froot
Loops, Frosted Flakes, Pops, Cocoa Krispies, and Apple Jacks.
 Step Two: I put the whole mini box of each cereal into the same bowl
and added one cup of milk to each bowl. Then I waited and watched to
see which cereal became the soggiest the fastest and which stayed
crunchy the longest.
 Step Three: I found that Frosted Flakes became soggy the fastest and
Pops stayed crunchy the longest. I tested my observation by feeling the
cereals and trying to crunch it between my fingers.
 Results: In retrospect, learned that “gun-puffed” cereals stay crunchy in
milk longer then “oven-puffed” or cooked starch cereals. This could be
because they more closely resemble popcorn and the corn kernel that is
popped has a stronger resistance to milk breaking down its walls.

6. Results!
Soggiest the Fastest: Crunchiest the Longest: