Scientific Method Activity:  Problem: Are the colors equally represented in a pack of milk chocolate M&Ms?  Hypothesis: I think there will be 19 M&Ms in the bag. I think there will be 3 red, 2 yellow, 4 blue, 3 green, 2 orange, and 5 brown.  Materials:  One bag of Milk Chocolate M&Ms  Colored Pencils/Markers  Paper and Pencil

Procedures: 1.Open the bag of M&Ms. Do not eat any of them yet. 2.Sort the M&Ms into groups based on color. 3.Count how many of each color there are. 4.Record data into a two column chart. Column 1 = Color; Column 2 = # of M&Ms 5.Add up the total number of M&Ms in the bag 6.Calculate the percentage of each color in the bag using the formula: Percentage = # of candies of one color X 100 total # of candies in the bag Procedures: 1.Open the bag of M&Ms. Do not eat any of them yet. 2.Sort the M&Ms into groups based on color. 3.Count how many of each color there are. 4.Record data into a two column chart. Column 1 = Color; Column 2 = # of M&Ms 5.Add up the total number of M&Ms in the bag 6.Calculate the percentage of each color in the bag using the formula: Percentage = # of candies of one color X 100 total # of candies in the bag

Color#(Table1)#(Table2)#(Table3)#(Table4)#(Table5)#(Table6)Total Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Brown TOTAL rd Period Class Data

Color#(Table1)#(Table2)#(Table3)#(Table4)#(Table5)#(Table6)Total Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Brown TOTAL th Period Class Data

Data Analysis  Table & Bar Graph for your data, group data, and class data  % and pie chart for your data and class data

Conclusion/Summary  This should be a paragraph including a summary of the lab activity (What was performed)  Restate the problem and compare your results to your hypothesis  Compare your results to the class results  Explain what your charts tell you about the distribution of the colors of M&Ms