Name Date Class Ahhh..Refreshing
Purpose Chewing gum and its effect on the temperature of a person’s mouth
Problem/Questions How does chewing gum affect the temperature of a person’s mouth? Does it make a difference if you are chewing cinnamon gum or winter fresh gum?
Hypothesis If…Then… (Fill in your own hypothesis here)
Materials Paper and pencil Test subjects Thermometers Mint flavored gum Cinnamon flavored gum
Procedure Get materials Wait 5 minutes WITHOUT TALKING to get a baseline temperature Take the temperature of each participant in the study. Record the data. Split your group into the person chewing the cinnamon gum, the person chewing the mint gum, and the person who will not be chewing gum (the control of this experiment)
Procedure Cont’d 5. CHEW for 3 minutes Take the gum out of your mouth and immediately take your temperature. DO NOT TALK during this time. Repeat steps 5 and 6 three more times, then spit out the gum. Wait without talking for 5 minutes, then take your temperature for the final time. Clean up your area, then finish the data table
Data Person Rest 2 min 4 min 6 min 8 min
Observations Using your senses, what did you observe during this lab?
Graphing and Analysis What type of graph will we make for this lab?