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Popcorn with Your Cellphone

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Can you cook popcorn with your cellphone? Find out in this science project! We'll use cell phones to generate electromagnetic radiation and see if it's enough to cook popcorn.

Hypothesis

The hypothesis is that cell phone radiation contains sufficient energy to cook popcorn.

Method & Materials

You will need 40 cell phones, 10 dried corn seeds, and 20 participants. The participants will each be given two cell phones. One phone will be used to make a call, and the other will be placed next to the corn seeds. The test will be repeated using different numbers of cell phones.
You will need 40 cell phones, 10 dried corn seeds, and 20 participants.

Results

The results showed that the dried corn seeds were not cooked into popcorn, regardless of the number of phones used. This suggests that the power in a cellphone's signal is not sufficient to heat up the corn seeds.

Why do this project?

This science project is interesting because it explores the potential of cell phone radiation to cook food.

Also Consider

Consider cooking an egg instead of popcorn, or place the phone near a glass of water to see if there is an increase in the temperature of the water.

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