My daughters ask me lots of questions that I haven’t thought about since I was their age (4 and 5). Many of those questions I write in a list titled Questions from My Daughters that I have saved on my phone via Google Keep. “Why do we sneeze?” is one of the questions that my youngest daughter recently asked me. My answer was “because something tickles the hair inside your nose.” Of course, I then had to do a little more research about her question. That brought me to SciShow and SciShow Kids which both tackled the question.
Why Do We Sneeze? is a SciShow video that dives into some research that was done by scientists who created a simulated nose to determine why humans sneeze.
All About Sneezes! is a SciShow Kids video that takes a little less scientific approach to answering the question “why do we sneeze?” while also reminding kids why it is important to cover their nose and mouth when they sneeze.