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The Mount Pleasant Chicken Nugget Experiment
Science Project By Trevor SmithMay 22, 2014
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My name is Trevor Smith and I love chicken nuggets!
In this science project we will be testing which fast food restaurant has the best chicken nuggets as tasted by Mount Pleasant kids. We will select my top 5 favorite fast food restaurants and 6 of my friends. We will do a blind taste test with each restaurant’s chicken nuggets and my friends rating the nuggets on a 5 point taste scale. The nuggets with the highest overall score will win.
Project Explanation
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Question/Hypothesis
•Which fast food restaurant has the best chicken nuggets as chosen by Mount Pleasant kids?
•I believe that Chick-fil-A will have the best nuggets!
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Variables
•Manipulated/Independent: Chicken Nuggets
•Responding/Dependent: My 6 Friends
•Controlled: My 6 friends will be tasting the nuggets at the same time, same place, under the same conditions.
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The Experiment
•We got all of the nuggets- 30 total(6nuggets, 5places) •We cut all the nuggets the same shape•We re-heated them a little bit•We mixed up the nuggets •We had them taste a nugget•We asked them a question?
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The Question / Responses
“Rate how good the nugget tastes on a scale from 1 to 5?”
1 - Taste like crap2 - Only if I am really hungry 3 - Taste just OK 4 - Great with ketchup 5 - I could eat like 100 of these
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Materials
•Chicken Nuggets (5 Different Types)
•Six friends
•Six glasses of water
•Paper and pencil
•Post-it Notes
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Nuggets of Choice
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Who Will be the Tastiest?
#1?
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•Scores 4,5,5,4,4,1•Average 3.83
Result #1
Burger King
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•Scores 5,5,1,5,5,5•Average 4.33
Result #2
Chick-fil-A
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•Scores 3,4,1,1,2,4•Average 2.5
Result #3
McDonald’s
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•Scores 2,5,5,2,3,4•Average 3.5
Result #4
Wendy’s
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•Scores 1,2,3,3,1,3•Average 2.2
Result #5
Sonic
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The Data
Rest \ Friends Jade Jasmine Jordan Lauren Merissa Derek Average
Burger King 4 5 5 4 4 1 3.8Chick-fil-A 5 5 1 5 5 5 4.3McDonald's 3 4 1 1 2 4 2.5Wendy 2 5 5 2 3 4 3.5Sonic 1 2 3 3 1 3 2.2
Taste Scale
Taste like crap 1Only if I am really hungry 2Taste ok 3Great with ketchup 4I could eat 100 of these 5
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The Data - Scores
Jade Jasman Jordan Lauren Merissa Derek
0
1
2
3
4
5
Burger KingChick-fil-A
McDonald'sWendy
Sonic
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The Data – Average Scores
Burger King Chick-fil-A McDonald's Wendy Sonic0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
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AND THE WINNER IS
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•Scores 5,5,1,5,5,5•Average 4.3
Result #2
Chick-fil-A
I Was Right!
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Thank You!