PIER A.

SHOATES

EDU 214
SCIENCE PROJECT
JULY 21, 2019
 ???QUESTION???

• WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SNEEZE??

 HYPOTHESIS

IF I IRRITATE JAY’S
MUCOUS MEMBRANE
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WITH SEVERAL OBJECTS

TO SMELL SUCH AS
PEPPER, AND THEN SHINE
A BRIGHT LIGHT IN HIS
FACE HE WILL SNEEZE.

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 MATERIALS NEEDED

Jay (or a
person or
people- I only
have one other
in my family at Pepper
home)
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Box of tissue

Dust

Bright Light
(flashlight or
flashlight app from
phone will also
work)

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 STEP BY STEP
PROCEDURES

1. GATHER THE PEPPER, DUST, PERSON AND

FLASHLIGHT AND TISSUE SIT THEM AT THE
DINING ROOM TABLE.

2. TURN ON THE LIGHT

3. PUT THE PEPPER UNDER SUBJECT’S NOSE

4. PUT DUST UNDER SUBJECT’S NOSE

5. SHINE BRIGHT LIGHT IN SUBJECT’S EYES

6. TAKE NOTES ON FINDINGS

7. CLEAN UP
THE EXPERIMENT (PICS)
 RESULTS/DATA

RESULTS FOR WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SNEEZE: Chart Title

1.2
OUTCOME
(SNEEZED 1
YES OR
SUBJECT: ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 NO) 0.8
JAY
0.6
ITEMS
0.4
PEPPER 1
0.2

0
FLASH LIGHT 1 PEPPER FLASH DUST Total
LIGHT

ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 OUTCOME(SNEEZED YES OR NO)

DUST 1

Total 1 1 1
Total
Total
 CONCLUSION

• I SUSPECTED; THE PEPPER MADE JAY SNEEZE WHEN I HELD IT UNDERNEATH HIS NOSE. THE DUST
ALSO MADE HIM SNEEZE, WHILE SHINING THE LIGHT IN HIS EYE TO IRRITATE HIS OPTIC NERVES,
DID NOT MAKE HIM SNEEZE.
• WHAT OTHER HOUSEHOLD OR OUTDOOR ITEMS MAKE PEOPLE SNEEZE? GRASS, SEASONINGS,
PERFUMES, OR HOW ABOUT CLEANING SUBSTANCES?
• I CONCLUDE THAT WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SNEEZE IS FOREIGN OBJECTS THAT GET INTO THE NOSE
OR WHEN THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE SWELLS DUE TO A CONDITION SUCH AS A COLD.