First, we collected information for how we eat OREOs. This data shows that on this particular day, 8 students choose to bite the cookie whole which is double the number of twist and lick the creme kids and also double the twist and eat the cookie first kids. Six kids would dunk it in milk first and then eat the cookie. You can see that we calculated the total cookie eaters, the mean, median, mode and range of the data.
Next, we participated in a little stacking fun! The rules stipulate that, once a cookie has been placed, it can no longer be touched. A package of original OREOs contains 27 cookies (in Canada). We emptied the cookies from the package to make it easier to grab a cookie and stack.
Each student had two chances to stack the largest stack. All of the students recorded both of their stacks and circled their best score.
The moment of disappointment always seemed to come...
The students' record stacks were posted on the board and as a class we talked through the range, mean, median and mode.
Later in the week, I decided to up the OREO game a bit so I broke out the OREO Double Stuf for a "Lick Off"! Double the creme = longer licking times.
Students were challenged to lick the creme from the cookie using only their tongue (like licking ice cream). No teeth scraping...no tongue dragging. Both parts of the cookie needed to be clean of creme. And we timed it!
You can see the online timer that we used here.
In their table groups, students worked to calculate the range of their times. Here, one of the students explains why some conversion needs to happen from minutes to seconds.
Try this OREO math with your class! Guaranteed to be off-the-charts in terms of engagement while packing in some data practice and conversion. Let us know how it went in the comments!
~MissBrooks
