Henry's Science Project

I recently made a science project about cat food! Emerald helped me with the project. 

Here's my project:

Problem: I really like feeding my cat. She really likes to eat. But… we don’t know what kind of food she likes best.  I have asked her but she only says MEOW. Would she really like more expensive food?

Hypothesis:I thought she would like her regular food (Friskies) better than more expensive cat food because she is used to it.

Procedure:

I picked four different kinds of cat food to give to my cat. All of the kinds were TUNA. The most expensive was Fancy Feast. The least expensive was Friskies (Her regular food). The other kinds of food were, Meow mix and Canned tuna (made for Humans to eat). I tested these different kinds of foods 5 times. Each time I put out 4 plates.  I watched her eat her cat food so I could tell which one was her favorite. I rated how much she liked in the table below. I rated them with different numbers of stars. 5 stars is the best and 1 star is the worst.

Here are the results :

My conclusion was:

FANCY FEAST got the most stars so it is my cat’s favorite!!!   Friskies was her least favorite!!!!!

If I fed my cat Fancy feast every time it would cost an extra $1,120.15 each year!!!

Here are some pictures from my project and from the science fair:

This picture is of my cat asking for food

This picture is of my cat eating cat food.

This is a picture of me with my project at the science fair.

 

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