THE POWER OF CHEWING GUM By Mikaela Morgan Bennett ABSTRACT Have you ever wondered when you're chewing gum while doing a task and thought it helped you concentrate Well it can It is a fact that chewing gum can help you stay focused for longer tasks and work In this project you can test if chewing gum can help increase concentration Science Fair Project Purpose Our background knowledge has signified that chewing gum can increase mental productivity We are testing if chewing gum can be used to increase concentration This problem is important because it can help most people with focus and concentration In this experiment we find out that chewing gum can help people improve their concentration Problem Can chewing gum help you concentrate Research Chewing gum can help you stay focused for longer on so that it can do continuous monitoring In fact studies have shown that chewing gum can improve concentration They found out that people who chewed gum throughout a test both their long term and short term memory produced significantly better Hypothesis If you chew gum while doing a task then it will help you increase your concentration This is because chewing can improve visual memory and can let you perform the longer task Variables Independent Chewing gum while doing math problems Dependent Performance on math problems Controlled Math problems length of time to complete the math problem Materials Computer printer and paper Pencils for test taking Chewing gum
