Yesterday in science we did more work on our berry inquiry. We talked about how the First Nations people used berries. We learned that they ate the berries fresh or preserved berries so that they could enjoy them throughout the year. The berries could be dried in the sun or wind. We decided to dry our berries using a food dehydrator.

Before we started, we weighed the berries and then made estimates about what we thought the berries would weigh after they were dehydrated. Before dehydrating the berries weighed 1517g. We worked in teams to add berries, sugar, and lemon juice to the bowl. Then we took turns mashing the berries and spreading them on parchment paper.

We left the berries in the dehydrator for 24 hours. We weighed the Dusda̱k̕wa leather and were amazed to find out that the berries now weighed 444 g and had lost more than a kilogram of their weight.

Finally, it was time to sample our work. Everyone thought the Dusda̱k̕wa leather was delicious!