Apple mummification

Learn about mummification by making apple mummies with Ancient Egypt science experiment and explore Magic Tree House Mummies in the Morning!

Recreate the mummification process & make an apple mummy using apples, salt, baking soda. Enrichment activity for Ancient Egypt social studies units.

Oooh, Egyptian Mummies, who could resist? As part of my Expedition Earth Egypt activities my kids couldn’t wait to mummify an apple this week! They’ve been talking about it for awhile now, kind of like the Brazilian Rainforest Diorama. The ancient Egyptian mummification process is quite lengthy. It typically lasts…

Follow the scienctific method while discovering a key component of the mummification process. Create your very own canopic jars to hold your "mummy" apple pieces for this hands-on experiment.

This week we resumed our Expedition Earth travels. Since we are going to be going on a journey to South Africa in four weeks time we decided to visit the Continent of Africa starting in Egypt. Mummification Experiment. We learned That kings and special people were buried in pyramids. The king of Ancient Egypt was called a Pharaoh. Egypt is in Africa. The secret of how pyramids were constructed has been discovered. They painted pictures on the walls inside the pyramids. A lot of the things we…

After 7 days we uncovered our mummified apples and had a very close look at what had happened. Some mixtures of salts had dried out the apple really well. Others left the original colour of the apple intact. Have a look at the comparison board and see if you can decide what mixture was the best for mummifying an apple.

How to Mummify Apples

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Recreate the mummification process & make an apple mummy using apples, salt, baking soda. Enrichment activity for Ancient Egypt social studies units.