Hubba Bubba Blow Your Bubble

Last night we did a fun activity using bubble gum and statistics. This fun activity could easily be differentiated depending on what grade you teach. We relearned the components of statistics education which are: question, collect data, analyze data, and interpret results. Each of the questions we had to come up with had to relate to statistics in some way, and allow for data to be collected, analyzed and a result to be found. 

I was in a group with Holly, Kim, and Paula and we decided on the question, " Which gum blows the most bubbles in two minutes?" Our hypothesis was that we thought Bubble Yum would blow the most bubbles in two minutes because it was not filled with a chewy center. Our independent varaibles were Bubble Yum and Hubba Bubba Max. The dependent variable was the amount of bubbles blown in two minutes. 

Our direcitions were:

1. Chew the gum for 1 minutes and 30 seconds.

2. Blow as many bubbles as you can in 2 minutes.

3. Tally, compare, and then average together the number of bubbles made with each kind of gum

Our results were: 

Bubble Yum averaged 16.5 bubbles in two minutes

Hubba Bubba Max averaged 22.75 bubbles in two minutes

............. so the winner was

~HUBBA BUBBA MAX!~

Our hypothesis was wrong, but that is totally okay and something that as a teacher, it is important to let the kids know- your hypothesis is just your EDUCATED GUESS!!