OREO Project

For the past 9 years, I participated in the OREO Project by Jen Wagner (projects by Jen).  As I participate each year, I find that I want to make the experience more focused upon the standards each time I do it.  I want the kids to be immersed not only in the fun of working with Oreos, but with the key standards that they need to learn.

This year, we started the day focusing our thoughts on the scientific process and how what we were doing was one big science experiment.  Since we are working altogether and want to pool our data, the process had to be the same for us all.

Using this sheet pictured, we set up what we were about to do with the stacking....laying out our inquiry question, listing materials, hypothesizing, and even noting our variables.  Starting out this way gave the students a sense of importance and seriousness.  They weren't just working with cookies, rather they were thinking like scientists.





Then, we of course went out to stack, and of course, the students LOVED it!  There are some pictures of the kids (that I wish I could show you....) that are just so joyful and excited.  Truly, a fabulous way to learn.   Here is a cropped out picture though.

When we came back in, we talked about our results, found the class mean (which came out to exactly 18!) and talked about any conclusions we came up with as to why these were the results.  There was a lot of academic talk an understanding....and again, I liked it!

The next step was to desegregate the data.   In small groups, the students found the mean, median, mode, range, and outliers of all the data.  They then created bar graphs to show the data.  Again, a lot of academic talk and application of mathematical concepts...and again, I liked it.

Our day ended with the students creating sculptures using the cookies.  Here they got to be creative, do a little art, get a little messy, and have a little fun.  This part, for me, was a little less fun, but for them....they really liked it.

To wrap it all up, they made bubble maps describing their sculptures and wrote descriptive paragraphs. I had the kids write on a round piece of paper with lines, so the kids can create an "oreo" to put on the board.  I have no pictures of that to share right now, but will take some soon and add those on for you.

And that is that.  A full day of standards-based fun that the kids will not soon forget.  It truly is worth the day it takes (and in truth, you can do as much or as little as you want...and if you have to take a part out, the sculptures wouldn't be missed ;) )

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