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Experiment on What Causes Sneezing

This document summarizes a science experiment to determine what makes people sneeze. The hypothesis was that irritating a person's mucous membrane with smells like pepper and shining a bright light in their face would cause them to sneeze. The experiment involved having a subject smell pepper and dust and shining a light in their eyes, recording whether they sneezed. The results showed the subject sneezed after smelling pepper and dust but not from the light. The conclusion is that foreign objects in the nose or conditions that cause nasal swelling, like a cold, are what trigger sneezing.

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Experiment on What Causes Sneezing

This document summarizes a science experiment to determine what makes people sneeze. The hypothesis was that irritating a person's mucous membrane with smells like pepper and shining a bright light in their face would cause them to sneeze. The experiment involved having a subject smell pepper and dust and shining a light in their eyes, recording whether they sneezed. The results showed the subject sneezed after smelling pepper and dust but not from the light. The conclusion is that foreign objects in the nose or conditions that cause nasal swelling, like a cold, are what trigger sneezing.

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PIER A.

SHOATES

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

• WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SNEEZE??


HYPOTHESIS

IF I IRRITATE JAY’S
MUCOUS MEMBRANE
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

WITH SEVERAL OBJECTS


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

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND


MATERIALS NEEDED

Jay (or a
person or
people- I only
have one other
in my family at Pepper
home)
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Box of tissue

Dust

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

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA


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.

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