Helping or not helping
Gum, not only a fun thing to chew whenever we feel, may actually be helping us in school. The experiment is all about how the brain remembers words. But in this experiment, I am testing if gum actually helps us remember a paragraph of words. The variable that is changing is the flavor of gum. It is being changed to see if one helps more than another flavor. One thing I am keeping the same is the paragraph being memorized.
In this experiment data will be found about the flavor of gum that best improves memorization. “Most of the information we acquire is forgotten and never makes it into long-term memory”(Why do we remember certain things, but forget others). If this succeeds then we will know what gum to chew next time we are studying. This experiment can help by letting the next generation get scholarships and good jobs. Usually when we memorize something we do not forget for a while. Also, another event that could take place is that gum factories will spark up in that flavor because of the good news. This will help future students get scholarships easier if a better gum is developed. This can help teachers when grading papers because it would not take as long if more
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Ancient Greeks chewed something called mastic gum for a long time. Mastic gum is from the resin contained in the bark of the mastic tree. There was also spruce gum which was from the resin in the bark of the spruce tree. Soo an alternative was made and soon superseded spruce gum. An Ohio dentist used rubber to create a gum product for jaw exercise and gum stimulation. “William F. Semple was honored for this work with the first patent to manufacture chewing gum in December 1869”(Wrigley, History of gum). “On average we chew almost 300 sticks of gum a year and with the variety gum available today it doesn't seem like that number will go down any time soon”(The History of Chewing
Abstract: Marshmallows have more Calories per gram. Marshmallows have .2079 J/g℃ and cheese puffs have 1.08x103 J/g℃. My hypothesis was that marshmallows have more Calories per gram and my results confirmed my hypothesis because there is a .2068 J/g℃ difference.
The purpose of this experiment was to identify which brand of mint gum holds its flavor the longest. The four brands I chose were Orbit, Trident, Ice Breakers, and Wrigley's Doublemint My hypothesis was that Trident brand would last the longest and Wrigley's Doublemint would last the shortest. I did not use any people in my test. I chewed the same amount of gum at a time and the gum was all the same flavor, mint. All the gum was bought at the same time from the same store. I chewed the four brands of gums between periods of time. When chewing, I timed myself with a stopwatch. When I believed the gum ran out of flavor, I stopped the timmer and recorded the time. My hypothesis was incorrect. Instead of Trident, Orbit lasted the longest. However
In the experiment “ Talking to plants “ from Mythbusters, potential problems include the use of greenhouses with no sound insulation, a non-homogeneous location and the use of only one specie to infer on a population. In another scientific study, researchers chose to use “ a noiseless growth chamber to prevent any effects from extraneous noise “ and the use “ growth chambers under continuous light at 28 c and 65-75% relative humidity “ in order to maintain a homogeneous location for all plants during the experiment (Jeong et al., 2008) . This helped further explain the findings because with the use of noiseless chambers you can assure that the only noise that the plant was receiving was the one given in the treatment and a valid conclusion
I came up with different recipes and made three different kinds of cotton candy cookies. I asked all my classmates to taste them and provide their vote on which one they like the best. The cookie the majority of the class liked was the first one I made. When I was making cookies and researching I learned a lot! For example, did you know that drinking milk can increase your chance in developing heart disease, cancer and diabetes? I didn’t either until I was researching about milk because I thought I might use it in my recipe! Also, the first time I made a cookie it didn’t turn out very well. It tasted disgusting and like flour! When I tried again, I had someone help and she told us what I did wrong. I learned that if you put both butter and margarine, it will taste better. I also learned that you need both baking soda and baking powder to make the cookie rise. You might be wondering why the first cookie I made won. Well, most people voted for the first cookie because the green cookie was to brittle and bitter and the other cookie was way to sweet with both icing and
Furthermore, chewing gum should be allowed because it will improve memory which is very helpful in school. It will help with assignments and tests alike. It will help students remember they have homework and to turn in certain assignments. Presdemocrat.com states, “Psychologists in the United Kingdom have also proven that chewing gum
My experiment is testing one of the five senses of my dog, Blaze. I am testing for taste. In this experiment the question I am going to answer is, Which of three flavors of treats will my dog prefer? The treats are made by the same company, Beggin’ Strips from Nestlé Purina PetCare Division, but they are different flavors. The flavors used will be Hickory Smoked Bacon, Bacon & Cheese, and Bacon & Peanut Butter. My hypothesis for this experiment is, Of the three flavors my dog will prefer the Bacon & Cheese flavor the best. I chose this topic for my experiment because I have a major interest in animals and I am hoping to get a degree in some form of veterinarian services, such as zoology.
As a psychologist who is trying to follow up on any of the study in the articles above, I would pick the cookie monster and create two groups and randomly select participants to represent each group. I would label one group as experimental and the other group as control group. In the first group which is the experimental group, the participants will be given an analogy on how cookies boost happiness in an individual. In the process of conducting this experiment, each participant will be handed cookies whenever they are moody and depressed. However in the control group, the participants would be totally unaware of the supposed positive effect of cookie consumption, but will also be given cookies whenever they are sad. After doing this, I will sum up an evaluation on whether the intake of cookies can really improve an individual’s mood.
Did you know that chewing gum can cause jaw problems which can lead to TMJ(Temporomandibular joint dysfunction).which is a really bad syndrome that causes “Pain and compromised movement of the jaw joint and the surrounding muscles”.Now that's only one reason why gum is not good for you but there is more. Here are the other the reasons why gum is bad for you ,it is an distraction,and it can cause littering.
The American Indians discovered another natural form of gum-like resin by cutting the bark of spruce trees. They introduced the custom of chewing spruce gum to the early North American settlers. These savvy New Englanders created the first commercial chewing gum by selling and trading lumps of spruce. Spruce gum continued to be sold in 19th century America until the 1850s when paraffin wax became the new popular base for chewing gum.
You might guess it’s a custom dreamed up by a modern-day, real-life Willy Wonka, but people have been chewing gum, in various forms, since ancient times. There’s evidence that some northern Europeans were chewing birch bark tar 9,000 years ago, possibly for enjoyment as well as such medicinal purposes as relieving toothaches. The ancient Maya chewed a substance called chicle, derived from the sapodilla tree, as a way to quench thirst or fight hunger, according to “Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas” by Jennifer P. Mathews. The Aztecs also used chicle and even had rules about its social acceptability. Only kids and single women were allowed to chew it in public, notes Mathews. Married women and widows could chew it privately to freshen their breath, while men could chew it in secret to clean their teeth.
The kids that did not eat the marshmallow had good grades the ones that did eat the marshmallow had not so good or very bad grades. By the research that they found they were sure that the kids
The control variable influenced the results that we got in the bubble gum lab. First of all, getting gum stuck in your teeth or braces impacted the outcome. If it gets stuck in your teeth, the chewed mass would be lower than it should be, and would result in a higher percentage of sugar. This could explain why our groups percentage were higher than the company's control for the Bazooka gum by 1.3%. Also, the rate at which someone chews the gum affected the data, and might be the reason that Super Bubble’s percentage is low. I was chewing Super Bubble with my braces, and with my braces, I might not have been chewing as fast as I should have been. This wouldn’t have dissolved all the sugar, and would make the percentage lower than the control
When we chew gum, we are basically chewing rubber. Gum started out as latex sap from a tree (the sapodilla). The tree grew in Central America, and the sap we chewed was called chicle. Chicle has the same properties as rubber, because it doesn’t break down when we chew it. Later, after World War II, scientists found a way to create something called synthetic rubber. Synthetic rubber is still similar to chicle because it still doesn’t break down when you chew it, but it isn’t natural like chicle is. (How Stuff Works, 2000… April 1st)
There were 32 (22 female and 10 male) participants in this word recall experiment. Participants were of traditional and nontraditional college-age. The participants were from various academic majors; however, all participants were currently enrolled in one of three sections of an experimental psychology course. All of the experimental psychology students taking part in this experiment had previously completed a course in general psychology and psychological statistics earning a grade of “C” or better. The participants took part in the experiment as a learning experience for the class.
First, chewing gum helps students learn, focus and improves memory. Chewing gum can help you stay on task longer. Chewing gum boosts mental performance. Studies shows that students who chew gum during tests show improvement to those who don’t chew gum at all.