Bubble Gum Flavor Test

By Amanda and Mackenna

Our Project was to see which brand of bubble gums flavor would last the longest. We found that “Bubble Yum’s” flavor lasted the longest. We picked this topic because, we wanted to find what brand of gum is best to buy for a long, lasting flavor.

The exact question we answered was… “Which brand of bubble gums’ flavor will last the longest?” We thought of this topic because we were always complaining that our gum had lost it’s flavor and we found that we were wasting money on gum because we would throw it away so quickly.

The background information on our project was very interesting. We used the internet and many different websites to find information on how bubble gum was invented and how it was made. Did you know that Frank Fleer invented bubble gum in the year of 1928, at the age of 23! We didn’t know this either.

We think the procedure for our project was very simple. First, we gathered all the materials needed to conduct the experiment. Second, we conducted the experiment. Later we recorded our data and made our charts and graphs. Finally, we glued all of our data to our posterboared, and then we presented our project to our class. To conduct the experiment, you chew each gum three times, while timing how long the flavor lasts and then record your data.

We learned many different things while conducting our projects. We learned how long different types of gums’ flavor lasted. We also learned how bubble gum is made. Two facts that we discovered were that Frank Fleer invented bubble gum at the age of 23 in the year of 1928. Another fact that we found was, that “Bubble Yum”, out of the gums we tested, lasted the longest.

Investigations that kids could conduct next year with our topic, which we think may tell them and other consumers about gum, is “How large can a bubble gum bubble be made.” We wanted to find out what gum is favored the most in our community by taking a survey, but we never had time too. A question we would like someone else to investigate on our science project would be to take a survey and find which gum is favored the most. In conclusion, we are glad that our science was accepted to go to the Kids’ Inquiry Conference at UMBC.