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BUSIA SECONDARY SCHOOL

BIOLOGY PROJECT

THEME: NUTRITION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

TOPIC: NUTRITION TYPES AND NUTRIENT COMPOUNDS.

COMPETENCY: To understand that organisms have different nutritional requirements depending on age
and other functions.

JUSTIFICATION: We find that vegetable cooking oil has dangers towards a human body. We use
avocadoes to extract oil from it in order to solve vegetable cooking oil dangers in the
community.

MAKING OF AVOCADO OIL

MATERIALS

 Avocadoes
 Clean cloth

TOOLS

 Flat tray
 Big bowl
 Knife
 Spoon
 Small bowl

PROCEDURE

1. Wash hands before starting the process, wash the avocadoes and then peel them.
2. Cut the avocadoes into small pieces and put them in a big bowl.
3. Smash the avocadoes pieces into a paste using a spoon smoothen the paste.
4. Put the paste on a flat tray and lay it under sunshine for fast drying. Monitor the paste
while in sunshine not to dry excessively.
5. After some hours, check if the tray is oily or put some paste on your hands and rub, if
your hands are oily then it is ready.
6. Using a clean cloth and a spoon, put a paste onto a little at a time, fold, and then
squeeze it hard to let out the oil into a small bowl.

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CONCLUSION

This project shows that oil can be got from avocado by the above means; we researched, did
experiments and found this oil good for the body and other uses.

RECOMMENDATION

I do recommend this oil to chefs and all other people who cook, to cook using this oil. It has
lipids which are essential in the body; it also has a neutral taste which is good in food
preparation.

NAME: OJAMBO TREVA GIVEN

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