Activity

Sweet Tart Hearts

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Take your best educated guess. After being presented with a video of a glass of candies, class members estimate the number of each color of candies. Pupils view a graphic showing more information on the fraction of candies before comparing their estimates with the actual numbers and critiquing their estimation methods.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Provide labels of the colors to help individuals that have difficulty distinguishing colors
  • Use prior to a lesson on dividing a figure into equal parts, modeling fractions
Classroom Considerations
Pros
  • Provides a description of the expected work within the comments
  • Includes actual counts of the candies
Cons
  • None