Fidget Spinner: Greg Adams, Mitchell, Nate

Fidgeting: make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.

Why do we Fidget?

"If something we are engaged in is not interesting enough to sustain our focus, the additional sensory-motor input that is mildly stimulating, interesting, or entertaining allows our brains to become fully engaged and allows us to sustain focus on the primary activity in which we are participating."

The Fidget Spinner

Does Fidgeting help?

Research shows a correlation between working with our hands and increased memory and creativity.

There are many types of fidget toys that can be used to help with fidgeting, but the most popular is the fidget spinner.

Fidget spinners can be designed in many different ways. They can include different bearing type to help it spin faster and longer. 🔥

ADHD

ADHD is a condition that effects 11% of children between 4-17

Types Of Fidgeting?

Silly Putty

Koosh Balls

Fidget Spinners

Wikki Stix

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Over Medication In The USA

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Top 3 Pharma Companies in the USA: Gilead Sciences, Johnson and Johnson, and Pfizer

In 2012 Johnson and Johnson made $67.28B. In 2016 they made $71.94B.

In 2012 Pfizer made just about $52.38B. In 2016 they made just about 54.76B.

In 2012 Gilead Sciences ,made just about $9.61B. In 2016 they made just about $30.32B.

These companies are profiting so much because people are becoming so fast to just go to pills. Instead of trying something like a fidget spinner for ADHD they just go to pills. This is a problem because it is causing a lot of issues with drug addiction.

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ADHD is a condition that affects 11% of 4-17 year olds. ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This can affect the attention span of a child and they become very unfocused and distracted easily. A person suffering from this condition can also have very high energy levels. This can lead to out of control behavior and cause problem in the classroom.

We decided to add quarters and dimes as our weights.

We cleaned our bearing with alcohol before we tested.

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