M&M graphs

We are starting out our science class by learning what a scientist does and how they share what they learn. Today we invited some cousins to graph with us.  I printed out one page from a highschool science lesson the rest of the lesson was a little too in depth for my young students but the graph's squares were the perfect size for M&Ms.

 First we sorted the M&Ms by color and put them on graph paper so we could see how many there were.

 Pretzel M&Ms didn't stay in place very well, turns out they are much rounder than regular M&Ms.

 Charry had to sort two types, that way she could also work on comparing.

 Odin had a little help, just to keep motivated.

 After counting the M&Ms they colored graphs to represent the numbers, and so we would know even after the data was eaten.

 

Afterwards they all enjoyed sweet success and were rewarded for jobs well done (besides no one else wanted to eat the candies after they'd been handled by those kids)