Taste Test Experiment

Step 1

• Take a plate of food– Do not eat yet!

• Take Sheet 1• Eat a small bite of each brownie and

fill out sheet 1 based on your preference

• Turn in Sheet to teacher

Step 2: Tabulate Results

Brownie A Preference

Male Student #

Female Student #

Step 3

• Take Sheet 2• New Information– Brownie A is made with an artificial

sweetener– Brownie B is made with sugar

• Eat a small bite of each brownie and fill out sheet 2 based on your preference

• Turn in Sheet to teacher (eat the rest of your brownie if you want )

• Formulate a hypothesis about the results

Step 4: Tabulate Results

Brownie A Preference

Male Student #

Female Student #

Step 5

• Discuss hypothesis examples

• What were the variables in the experiment

• Independent: Brownie Material

• Dependent: Individual Preference

Make a graph of Results: Example 1

Make a graph of Results: Example 2