Bubble Gum Lab Scientific Method Activity

Description

Your students will love learning about the scientific method with this engaging bubble gum lab! Students will practice the scientific method using different chewing gum brands and investigate how chewing the gum affects the gum’s mass. The bubble gum investigation is great for making real-world connections to learn about the independent variable, dependent variable constants, and more.

Materials needed: bubble gum and digital scale

What’s included in the bubble gum lab:

Detailed directions and helpful hints
2 Experimental Design Diagrams for differentiation
Data Tables
2 differentiated Conclusion Graphic organizers in CER format
2 Graphs for differentiation (labeled and non-labeled)
Page to write the conclusion paragraph.
Answer Key
Suggestions for extension

Teachers like you said:

We had a great time going through the scientific method with this great activity! I appreciate all the handouts that were ready to print and use! Great activity! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is such a great lab for the scientific method! The students LOVED it and are still talking about it!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was so much fun! I loved how my students used the data that they found to fill out their CER. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐