Blow a Bigger Bubble

Kandra Pattison

Problem

• What brands of gum produce the largest bubbles in diameter?

Hypothesis

• I think that Double Bubble is going to make the biggest bubbles

Materials

• 4 girls• 4 boys• Bubble Yum• Juicy Fruit• Hubba Bubba• Double Bubble • Yard stick• Pencil• Paper• Computer

Procedure

• Take 4 people of each gender who think they are good at blowing bubbles.

• Take Bubble Yum, Hubba Bubba, Juicy Fruit and Double Bubble and have each person blow the different types of gum at different times.

• Have each participant blow 3 bubbles of each kind of bubble gum.

• Measure how large each diameter of each bubble is in cm.

Results

Taryn Gillespie Juicy Fruit Orbit Extra Double Bubble

1st trial 2 cm 3 cm 4 cm 3 cm

2nd trial 3 cm 4 cm 4 cm 3 cm

3rd trial 4 cm 4 cm 2 cm 2 cm

3 cm avg. 3.6 cm avg. 3.3 cm avg. 2.6 cm avg.

Dallas Rhodes

1st trial 0 cm 2 cm 0cm 0.5 cm

2nd trial 0.5 cm 2 cm 0 cm 2 cm

3rd trial 0 cm 0 cm 1 cm 1 cm

0.2 cm avg. 1.3 cm avg. 0.3 cm avg. 1.2 cm avg.

Results

Breckyn Fox Juicy Fruit Orbit ExtraDouble bubble

1st trial 0 cm 3 cm 1.5 cm 1 cm

2nd trial 3 cm 2 cm 1 cm 2 cm

3rd trial 1 cm 5 cm 2 cm 2 cm

1.3 cm avg. 3.3 cm avg. 1.5 cm avg. 1.6 cm avg.

Jayde Sundheim

1st trial 0 cm 0 cm 0 cm 0.5 cm

2nd trial 1 cm 2 cm 0cm 1 cm

3rd trial 0 cm 3 cm 1 cm 1 cm

0.3 cm avg. 1.6 cm avg. 0.3 cm avg. 0.8 cm avg.

Results

Juicy Fruit Orbit ExtraDouble

Bubble

Kendrah Payne

1st trial 3 cm 3 cm 5 cm 5 cm

2nd trial 3 cm 4 cm 6 cm 3 cm

3rd trial 4 cm 4 cm 3 cm 3cm

3.3 cm avg. 3.6 cm avg. 4.6 cm avg. 3.6 cm avg.

Results

Dylan Barron

1st trial 3 cm 2 cm 7 cm 1 cm

2nd trial 5 cm 3 cm 3 cm 2 cm

3rd trial 4 cm 5 cm 4 cm 3 cm

4 cm avg. 3.3 cm avg. 4.6 cm avg. 2 cm avg.

Juicy Fruit Orbit ExtraDouble

Bubble

2.01 cm avg.

2.9 cm avg.

2.4 cm avg. 2 cm avg.

Over all average-

Conclusion

• I was flabbergasted by the conclusion. Orbit blew the biggest bubble. A gum that is meant for chewing and not blowing.I had predicted that Double Bubble would have the largest diameter. It ended up being the smallest.

PicturesA few of my participants.