4-5

If you took the tour, I hope you had a great time. If not, I still would like for you to imagine that you have just been selected to be the newest M & M. What color are you? Explain your selection and what it's like to be the new kid in the bag.

Now the fun part!

• On a sheet of paper, list the colors of M & M's you remember being in a bag.
• Take the bag of M & M's  sort, count and record the number of M & M's in each color group.
• Follow the directions on the handout on how to create a spreadsheet and a bar graph.
• Let's compare what other 4th and 5th grade classes found. Exchange information, and then create a graph showing your results and theirs.
• What ratio did you find in the number of each color of M & M's you thought were in the bag and the number that really were in the bag.
• Open a word processing program, explain this M & M project. Be sure to tell how you created your graphs and found your ratios.