Whole Brain M&M Lesson by Jennie Worley

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Whole Brain M&M Lesson

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WHOLE BRAIN M&M LAB

LOOK FOR THE LAB IN YOUR PACKET

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BIG IDEAS:

Classification
Counting
Graphing

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FOCUS QUESTION:

WHAT COLOR OF M&M IS THE MOST COMMON?

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PREP:

Prep chart paper or white board chart

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CLASS...

WHEN I SAY "CLASS," YOU SAY "YES," AND QUIETLY FOCUS ON ME

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MIRROR WORDS

COPY MY GESTURES AND ECHO MY WORDS

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SCIENTISTS CLASSIFY, OR SORT THINGS

INTO CLASSIFICATIONS, OR GROUPS

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SCIENTISTS CLASSIFY

BY MANY CRITERIA

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BOTH CATS AND DOGS

Have four legs
They have fur
And a tail
And two eyes

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SO, WHAT MAKES ONE A CAT, AND ONE A DOG?

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MIRRORS OFF. TEACH!

WHEN I SAY "TEACH," YOU SAY "OKAY!"

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When you say, "okay," you are going to turn to your neighbor and restate what I just said.

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CLASS?

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I HEARD SOME GOOD ANSWERS! SOME OTHERS:

Cats have retractable claws
Cats have fewer teeth in a shorter jaw

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MIRROR WORDS

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First, we have to have a question we want to answer.

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Second, we have to make a hypothesis (a guess) as to the answer to the question.

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Scientists ALWAYS have a hypothesis before they start an expirament!

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HOW DO YOU THINK WE WILL CLASSIFY THE M&MS?

MIRRORS OFF

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EXACTLY RIGHT!

WE WILL CLASSIFY BY COLOR

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What do you think our question will be?

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CORRECT!

OUR QUESTION IS: WHAT COLOR OF M&M IS THE MOST COMMON.

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HOW DO YOU THINK

WE CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION?

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NICE!

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MIRROR WORDS

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BY SORTING THE M&MS

WE ARE GOING TO FIND THE ANSWER

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Then we will count each color.

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Mirrors off. Can we count just one small bag and get our answer?

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NO!

WE NEED A LARGER SAMPLE SIZE

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NOW, MAKE YOUR GUESS

JOT IT DOWN, OR JUST KEEP IT IN YOUR HEAD

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CLASS!

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MIRROR WORDS!

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When the teacher says go...

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...the shortest person in your group will stand up, go to the back counter, and get a bag of M&Ms.

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MIRRORS OFF

ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE BEFORE I SAY GO?

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TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR

AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN I SAY "GO"

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GO

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CLASS

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MIRROR WORDS

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When the teacher says go...

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Open the M&M packet!

MIRRORS OFF

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Are you going to touch the supplies before I say go?

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Are you going to eat any M&Ms before I say it is okay?

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MIRROR WORDS. WE NEVER EAT

ANYTHING IN THE LAB UNLESS WE HAVE PERMISSION! MIRRORS OFF.

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GO

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CLASS!

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MIRROR WORDS!

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When the teacher says go...

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WE WILL COUNT EACH COLOR AND WRITE EACH NUMBER.

MIRRORS OFF

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TEACH!

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GO

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CLASS!

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DO WE HAVE COUNTS

FOR ALL THE COLORS?

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NOW, WE WILL LOOK AT OUR HYPOTHESIS

WERE WE RIGHT?

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CLASS?

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Now, remember, we have to count more than one bag to get an answer. What do you think we do next?

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RIGHT ON TARGET!

WE HAVE TO ADD THE COUNTS!

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RED FIRST

LET'S GO IN RAINBOW ORDER

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ORANGE

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YELLOW

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GREEN

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BLUE

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BROWN

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CLASS?

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We need to show our results in a colorful, fun way that makes it easy to see.
We are going to use a bar graph.

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Numbers on the side...

Colors along the bottom

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FURTHER QUESTIONS:

WHAT ARE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK?

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