How many Oreos can we stack before the tower falls over?
This is the question that the students were asked when they walked in on Friday morning!
First, each student made a prediction or estimated how many cookies they thought they could stack.
Students then worked together, stacking, counting, and tallying their cookies. They slowly stacked the Oreos one by one until the tower they were building could no longer stand. Once the tower fell, the student counted their tally marks and gave a total. Each student had 2 chances to build the tallest tower they could. Our tallest tower was 24 Oreos high!
We practiced several math skills while stacking the Oreos.....we practiced counting by 1's,2's,and 5's, estimating, making and counting tally marks, and adding.
Once the stacking was complete, we decided to have a taste test between the plain Oreo, the Raspberry Oreo, and the Chocolate Chip Cookie. After we collected the data, students created a bar graph to display their results.
And the winner is........the plain Oreo! Most of the kiddos liked the taste of the Oreo over the other 2 cookies!
Here are some pictures of us stacking our Oreos!
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