We took part in the student blogging challenge milk chocolate M&Ms data gathering on week 5 . That was a very good idea! Kids got interested. They were really enthusiastic about counting the number of M&Ms in the 50 gram packet of milk chocolate and adding the numbers to the form.
In fact, we had 17 red, 9 yellow, 2 orange, 20 green, 4 brown and no blue sweets. So, my students supposed that was the green colour which would have the most. But now when we follow the current tallying on the spreadsheet, we realize that it’s only a guess and not the absolute truth. We are looking forward to seeing the final results at the end of November.
As it was recommended, we used our M&Ms to create a pattern before eating them. Have a look at it:
Not so impressive as the “Geometric M&Ms” but we did our best! And, of course, we wished we had had more packets. Maybe next time …
P.S. Hope it was a helpful contribution 
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I hope you and your students are enjoying the activities.
We are happy to communicate and collaborate! We are grateful to you for having such a possibility!
I quite agree with you about fascination and boredom. There is a question “If it is not interesting, why should I do it?” Just because it is necessary … Not a very good reason!
I wish you inspiration, creativity and liking in your challenges!
See you.
By the way, Paul, are you from the USA? I judge by the word “awesome” and your name. We have got the name Paul in Russia, too, but it sounds like “Pavel”.
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I’m the teacher in this class and I’d appreciate if someone praised my students as well!
I’d really love to check out your blog as soon as I can. Will you wait for my comments, please?