The second graders, fresh off their Colonial Days celebration of learning, are studying more about a special herb with seasonal uses: peppermint! Today they used and on-line reaction test to explore the theory that smelling or eating peppermint can increase focus and decrease reaction time to visual cues.
The test can be found here: reaction time test Try it!
They took the test before and after smelling peppermint oil and eating a peppermint candy. As you can imagine, this was one test they asked to repeat!