1. Taste and Smell
By:Jonathan Mucino

2. I am testing two methods with blindfolds to see if you can identify the flavors of the candy on 4 students.
Question- What is better to identify the candy, covered eyes, or covered eyes and nose ?
What are you testing?

3. What is The Purpose of This ?
I chose this because I want to notice how much you can identify the candy by first blindfolding someone’s eyes and then blindfolding there eyes and noses. This is meaningful to me because some people think covering your eyes could make you identify the food more, while some people think covering your eyes and nose would make you identify the food more. So basically I want to see the right choice for myself.

4. Hypothesis
I think that covering your nose and eyes will make you taste and identify the candy even more because once you taste the candy the taste buds will transport it to your brain and it will identify the flavor.

5. Background Information
Tasting is different from smelling. For instance, “Olfactory (smell nerve) cells are stimulated by the odors around us—the fragrance from a rose, the smell of bread baking. These nerve cells are found in a tiny patch of tissue high up in the nose, and they connect directly to the brain. Gustatory (taste nerve) cells are clustered in the taste buds of the mouth and throat. They react to food or drink mixed with saliva. Many of the small bumps that can be seen on the tongue contain taste buds. These surface cells send taste information to nearby nerve fibers, which send messages to the brain.” This shows that tasting is different from smell.
Resource-

6. Materials 1 pencil 2 sheets of paper
3 different packs of sour candy (strawberry, blueberry and green apple)
4 students (2 boys, 2 girls, ages 11-12)
1 cellphone
3 trays
1 blindfold

7. Blindfold eyes and nose:
Procedure
Blindfold eyes:
Blindfold students eyes
Give students 1 type of flavor
Students then taste
Students identify the flavor
Record data
Repeat trial 2 more times
Blindfold eyes and nose:
Blindfold students eyes and nose
Give students 1 type of flavor
Students then taste
Students identify the flavor
Record data
Repeat trial 2 more times

8. Data and Results
Eyes closed (light blue), Eyes and Nose closed (dark blue)

9. The results showed that identifying food with closed eyes and nose had a higher percentage because according to my research it stated that “the nose has 12 million different odorant receptors that were really sensitive to the smell and taste of candy. Also the smell comes from specialized sensory cells, called olfactory sensory neurons, which are found in a small patch of tissue high inside the nose. These cells connect directly to the brain. Each olfactory neuron has one odor receptor.”Originally I thought that there was going to be a small percentage for closed eyes and nose because, the senses of smell and taste are directly the same when it comes to them both using the same types of odorants.That’s why I thought that there was a lower percentage for closed eyes and nose.
Analysis

10. Conclusion
In conclusion I know understand that covered eyes and nose were better since my information proves that it was stronger when the test subjects got more 100% on that type.

11. Questions

12. Thanks for watching