Why not take a simple experiment that has been done for years, and add some spice to it and incorporate technology into it?
That’s what two up-and-coming teachers from BYU did recently to great success, Miss Schefcik and Miss Cluff. They took an experiment found at http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/eastdet/Plans/EL-math.htm and applied it to fit the 1st Grade Core Standard for the state of Utah...
Standard 3
Students will understand simple geometry and measurement concepts as well as collect, represent, and draw conclusions from data.
Objective 3
Collect, organize, and represent simple data.
1. Collect and represent data using tables, tally marks, pictographs, and bar graphs.
2. Describe and interpret data.
They were able to find that working with technology is relatively simple and when you combine food with simple technology, it can’t get any better. In their experiment, plain and peanut M&M’s were counted by the color and flavor and graphed.
After the sorting of the M&M’s into colors, the results were entered into the graphing tool on a PowerPoint, and displayed in a colorful bar graph. The process was quick and easy, with easy-to-read results. One of the interesting points that was discovered is that Plain M&M’s has a wider variety of colors, as well as more M&M’s than the Peanut M&M’s.
But, the best part was the end of the experiment, eating them!
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