Please take out your

SAFETY CONTRACT

DO NOW!

M&M’SAND THE

SCIENTIFIC PROCESS

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONIs one color found more often in a Fun Size bag of M&M’s than the rest of the colors?

(1) Copy the essential question above

in the LAB section of your notebook.

(2) Write a HYPOTHESIS that answers this question.

(3) Copy the Data Table below in your lab notes:

Color of Candy Number in Fun Size bag

Total Number of Candy in bag

Percentage%

Blue

Brown

Green

Orange

Purple

Red

Yellow

(4) Obtain a Fun Size bag of M&M’s and count the number of each color of the candy.

DO NOT EAT THE DATA!

(5) Record the number of each color and the total number of M&M’s found in your Fun Size bag in the Data Table.

(6) Calculate the percentage of each color using the following example:Percentage of Green M&M’s = Number of Green M&M’s

X 100 Total Number of M&M’s

(7) Record the percentage of each color in the Data Table.

(8) Go back to your hypothesis and read it. Does the data support your hypothesis? Explain using the data. This is your conclusion. Please record this statement in your lab notes.

QUESTIONS:

(1) How did the scientific process help you

solve the problem described in the lab?

(2) What could we have done with all the

class data to increase the accuracy of

our findings?