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Can Mice Taste Lithium?

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Can Mice Taste Lithium? | Science Fair Projects | STEM Projects
Do mice have a memory for bad tastes? Let's find out by giving them food with and without lithium chloride and seeing how much they eat.

Hypothesis

The hypothesis is that the mice will not be able to tell the difference between food with and without Lithium Chloride.

Method & Materials

You will put four mice in each of two cages, weigh out equal amounts of food for both groups, and add lithium chloride to the food for one cage. At the end of the day, weigh how much food is left to see how much was eaten.
You will need two cages, four mice, food, and lithium chloride.

Results

The results show that the mice remember the bad tasting food with lithium chloride, as they ate less of it on the third day compared to the first. This suggests that mice have a memory for bad tastes.

Why do this project?

This science project is interesting because it shows that mice have a memory for bad tastes, which is something that was not known before.

Also Consider

Variations to consider include testing different amounts of lithium chloride, or testing different types of food.

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