1. APPLYING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD The following presentation will walk you through the all of the steps involved in the systematic way of problem solving used by scientists known as the scientific method. The basic steps of the scientific method were applied to “The Chewing Gum Lab.”

2. TITLE: THE CHEWING GUM LAB

3. PROBLEM: WHICH BRAND OF CHEWING GUM HAS THE LONGEST LASTING FLAVOR?

4. HYPOTHESIS: I think that the … brand of gum will have the longest lasting flavor.

5. MATERIALS: Trident Fruit Flavored Gum Doublemint Gum Big Red Gum Clock Related lab/data worksheets Pencil Notebook

6. PROCEDURE:

7. DATA: Please see attached lab results and graph.

8. CONCLUSION: My hypothesis was proved/disproved through experimentation… Some factors that could have affected the results of my experiment are… By performing The Chewing Gum Lab and applying the steps of the scientific method, I learned that…