M&M Science and Math

M&M Science and Math

by the

Science Chics

Presented by Sherry Smith, Ouachita High School Peggy Stanley, Cutter Morning Star Schools

April, 2004 This CD-ROM is a compilation of activities we have collected during our teaching years. We do not take full credit for the activities presented in this workshop. We want to thank all the great science teachers across the United States that have helped us present the skills to be learned in a fun way. If the source of the activity is known we have given credit. We have changed some of

them, but some came from other books and teachers over the past who have worked to make science and math more interesting and exciting for students. THANKS EVERYONE!!

This CD-ROM is not for sale. It is solely a means of providing you with the activities in a format which you can easily modify the written instructions to meet your situation.

Table of Contents

Actual Color Distribution Comparison........................................................................................... 4 M&M Counting Sheet..................................................................................................................... 5 M&M Percent Composition............................................................................................................ 6 M & M's and the Mole ................................................................................................................. 11 Easter Egg Genetics ...................................................................................................................... 14 M&M Detective Agency............................................................................................................... 16 The Science of M&Ms: Making Predictions ................................................................................ 19 M&M Camouflage Game ............................................................................................................. 22 The Half-Life of M&MsTM ........................................................................................................... 23 Radioactive Decay: A Sweet Simulation of a Half-life ................................................................ 28 The Dating Game: Radioactive Half Half-Life and Dating Techniques ...................................... 31 Rock of Ages- A Half-life Analog................................................................................................ 37 Simulating Fusion ......................................................................................................................... 45 M&M Science: Chromatography.................................................................................................. 50 Chromatography of Foods ............................................................................................................ 52 Colorful Candy.............................................................................................................................. 56 Candy Chromatography ................................................................................................................ 60 Food Dye Chromatography........................................................................................................... 64 Analyzing Data: An integrated math and science activity using M&M candies.......................... 65 Using M&Ms to learn about statistics and measurement ............................................................. 71 Analyzing Data: Math and Science............................................................................................... 79 M&M Math and Science............................................................................................................... 87 M&M Graphing and Probability................................................................................................... 97 Data's M&M's spreadsheet ......................................................................................................... 106 M&M Science............................................................................................................................. 118 A Taste for M&M's .................................................................................................................... 120 M&M Math................................................................................................................................. 123 Mining for MMM-Good Minerals .............................................................................................. 124 M&M lab: Percent Fractions ...................................................................................................... 127 M&M's And The Scientific Method........................................................................................... 129 Scientific Method/ M&M Lab .................................................................................................... 130 Technology Tools for Teaching Integrated Mathematics and Science....................................... 131 M&M Estimation ........................................................................................................................ 135 Statistics With M&M Peanuts .................................................................................................... 137 ZERO-G CANDY....................................................................................................................... 138 M&M Math - Investigation......................................................................................................... 145 M&M Duels ................................................................................................................................ 147 Science Hoaxes ........................................................................................................................... 148 M & M Math............................................................................................................................... 154 Graphing M&M'S....................................................................................................................... 158 Mining a Chocolate Chip Cookie ............................................................................................... 161 The Chocolate Biscuit Model of Plate Tectonics ....................................................................... 162 M&M Science............................................................................................................................. 164 Chocolate Bar Geology............................................................................................................... 165

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The Science of M&Ms................................................................................................................ 166 M&M's and Length Measurements ............................................................................................ 168 M&M Math................................................................................................................................. 174 Candy Math: Sorting, Classifying and Graphing....................................................................... 175 "M&M's"? Candies, Line Plots, and Graphing ......................................................................... 178 M&M Cookie Math .................................................................................................................... 187 M&M Multiplication as Repeated Addition with Presentation Tools ........................................ 189 Sweet Adventure......................................................................................................................... 191 Learning Fractions & Whole Numbers With M&M's................................................................ 192 M&M Graphs and Other Math Activities................................................................................... 194 Problem Solving Using Percentages........................................................................................... 197 Scientific Method for Middle Schools........................................................................................ 199 Spreadsheets and M&M's........................................................................................................... 200 M&M's & Percentages ............................................................................................................... 203 What Color Are Your Skittles?................................................................................................... 204 Discovering the World of Graphs ............................................................................................... 206 URL's.......................................................................................................................................... 210

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Actual Color Distribution Comparison

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M&M Counting Sheet

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Red Blue Brown Green Orange Yellow

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