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 The purpose of this experiment is to see if gum helps you concentrate or not.

 My hypothesis is that gum will not help you concentrate because gum does not make a real connection to your brain.

 **Materials:** a maze printed off the internet, a Bible passage, a division test, a subtraction test, stopwatch, and my notebook.

**Procedure:**


 * 1) Gather my materials.
 * 2) Get the maze and find my dad.
 * 3) Have my dad do the maze while I time how long it takes him.
 * 4) Record the results in my notebook.
 * 5) Have my mom do the maze while I time how long it takes her.
 * 6) Record results in my notebook.
 * 7) Have my brother do the maze while I time how long it takes him.
 * 8) Record the results in my notebook.
 * 9) Have my sister do the maze while I time how long it takes her.
 * 10) Record the results in my notebook.
 * 11) Get the Bible passage and have my mom read it.
 * 12) Record any stumbles or stops in reading in my notebook.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Have my dad read the Bible Passage.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Record any stops or stumbles in the reading in my notebook.
 * 15) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Have my brother read the Bible passage.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Record any stops or stumbles in reading in my notebook.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Have my sister read the Bible passage.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Record any stops or stumbles in reading in my notebook.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Get the division test and have my brother do it while I time him.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Record the results.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Repeat steps 19 and 20 for my mom. Then for my dad.
 * 22) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Get the subtraction test and have my sister do it while I time her.
 * 23) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Record the results.
 * 24) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Repeat all the steps above but this time give them 1 piece of gum.
 * 25) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Repeat the steps again but with 2 pieces of gum.
 * 26) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Repeat all the steps again but with 3 pieces of gum.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Review of Literature-** When I researched this topic most of my sources say that gum will help you concentrate. They said that gum helps more on a long exam, or a memory game. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">(Chewing Gum May Help) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The concentration boost only lasts for 20 minutes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">(Tips- CARI) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Mint gum was tested to be the best concentration booster. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">(Tips- CARI)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Research shows that gum also helps relieve anxiety. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">(Chewing Gum May Help)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Gum also helps you wake up in the morning so when you wake up take a piece of gum and it well help as an energy boost for 20 minutes.( Karandish, David) Gum also increases your reaction time.( Wenk, Gary) So if somebody throws a punch at you and you are chewing gum you react faster than if you were not chewing gum. It also helps increase the speed of learning new things.( Morgan, Kate) For my experiment you will use two parts of your brain vision and speech. You will also use the reasoning part of your brain to figure out the maze. The speech and reasoning part of your brain are on the left side while vision is on the right.(Moyer, Richard) Gum can also relieve stress. ( Chewing Gum May Help)This was tested by giving a piece of gum to American soldiers after a war. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">(Chewing Gum May Help) Gum also helps produce blood flow to your brain. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">(Chewing Gum May Help)

= Works Cited: =

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Chewing Gum May Help Reduce Stress According To New Research." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Medical News Today //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. MediLexicon International, 01 Sept. 2008. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Karandish, David. "Does Chewing Gum Help You Concentrate?" //WikiAnswers//. Answers, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. <[]]>
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">David Karandish is the CEO of the website
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Peter Horan is the president of this website

Morgan, Kate. "Chewing Gum Helps You Concentrate for Longer, Study Suggests." // ScienceDaily //. ScienceDaily, 08 Mar. 2013. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
 * More websites are talking about Kate Morgan.
 * Science Daily won these awards: PC Magazine, Popular Science 3 times, and the Boston Globe

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Moyer, Richard. "Two Systems of Control." //McGraw-Hill Science//. New York: McGraw-Hill School Division, 2000. 578-601. Print.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Authors: Richard Moyer, Lucy Daniel, Jay Hackett, Prentice Baptiste, Pamela Stryker, and Joanne Vasquez.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">This book was printed in 2000.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">It is owned by National Geographic Society

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Tips- CARI Malay Forums - Powered by Discuz!" //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">CARI Malay Forums //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2013. <[]>.


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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Wenk, Gary. "Gum Chewing Is Good for the Brain." //Http://www.psychologytoday.com // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., 10 Aug. 2012. Web. 27 Sept. 2013.


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