The Origin of Fossil Fuels

In class we have been talking about fossil fuels.  This week we've conducted an experiment to discover the origin of fossil fuels.  Here's what we did.

Here is a description of what the experiment looked like on the first day.  
There is a piece of white bread with two lolly dinosaurs on top.  Next, there is a piece of grain bread with two lolly dinosaurs on top.  Next, there is a piece of wheat bread on top.  There are a few heavy books on top of everything.  We are trying to squeeze it down and see what happens.  The dinosaurs are the fossils.  The bread is the sand and stone that got piled on top of the fossils.

Here are some photos of us creating our experiments on the first day.

On the third and fourth days we inspected our experiments and went mining with straws.  Here are some of the things we noticed:

* The bread is getting harder.

* The lollies are getting softer, like jam.

* It is hard to mine for the fossil fuels.

* The bread is squeezed together and is thin like paper.

Here are some photos of our mining.

We are looking forward to checking out the experiments again after the weekend.