Grade Level:
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
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Type:
Social Science
Objective:
This experiment will evaluate if chewing gum affects students’ test performance.
Research Questions:
Does chewing gum improve students’ test performance?
Introduction:
Studies indicate that chewing gum may help improve academic performance. This experiment will test this premise by evaluating whether chewing gum helps students perform better on a series of mental challenges.
Materials:
Gum
Approximately 40 test subjects
Several mental tasks (eg, medium-level Sudoku puzzle, multiplication test, etc)
Computer
Printer
Notebook for analyzing results