Team Members

Alec Parker from the 4.1 Class of Carolyn
Armstrong from the Calgary Science School.

Grade Grouping

I am in grade 4, that places me in the grade 4-6 grouping.

Team Size

The team size is one.

Subject Area

My project was in the area of Food Chemistry, Health/Sport Science.

Project Type

My project was an experimental type of project.  Inquiry based project

Project Language

Done in English.

Project Format

My project was presented in our school and on the CVSF in HTML standard format.

Project Summary

My project looked at the affect of four types of gum (hot, cold, sour and sweet) on your mouth temperature.  I checked to see if the a person could tell the gums apart by taste alone and if there was any real affect on the temperature of your mouth after chewing the four gums. The type of gum did have an effect on your mouth temperature. The Fire gum did raise the mouth temperature and the Ice gum did make your mouth colder, but so did the sweet and sour gums.

Software Tools

I used Microsoft FrontPage to edit my web pages and web site and used Adobe Photoshop to create and edit the graphics.  The graph was created in Excel.

Hardware Tools

I used a digital camera to take the pictures on this website and a digital thermometer to measure the mouth temperature.

Source of the Idea

The project idea came from looking at science fair projects at the Calgary Youth Science Fair in 2006 where my brother was presenting his project.

Special Skills

None

Awards

My project was presented at our school science fair on a tri-fold and judged by the grade 8-9 class and came fourth in my class.

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